Senior Backend Engineer

Chief of Staff Network

. Design, build, and own backend services and GraphQL APIs for the member platform from design through production .

Posted 11/4/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • United StatesSenior💰 $160,000 - $170,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in backend service design and development, particularly with Node and TypeScript, while effectively integrating AI features and maintaining system reliability. Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams and a commitment to mentoring others in engineering practices are essential.

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Node ExpertiseTypeScript ProficiencyGraphQL API DesignAI Feature IntegrationSQL and Data Modeling

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Hard Skills

Backend DevelopmentData ModelingSQLGraphQLREST APIsLLM IntegrationMonitoring and AlertingIncident ResponseAI Coding ToolsAgentic Workflows

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationMentoringProblem-Solving

Tools & Technologies

PostgresSalesforceRedshiftApolloReactClaude CodeCursorAI Observability Tools

Industry Keywords

MembershipCommunityConsumer SubscriptionHybrid WorkNYC Metro Area

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Amazon RedshiftApolloGraphQLNode.jsPostgresReactSQLTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and own backend services and GraphQL APIs for the member platform from design through production
Build backend systems for AI features, including the member concierge and matching
Develop LLM integrations, retrieval and context pipelines, tool use, and evaluation
Implement AI production security guardrails, human-in-the-loop review, logging, cost and latency monitoring, and member-data handling
Maintain high availability and fault tolerance through observability, testing, and incident response
Partner with product, design, and data teams to scope features, make tradeoffs, and ship iteratively
Improve AI-assisted engineering practices and tools such as Claude Code across the team
Mentor engineers and contractors through code review, design review, and pairing

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years of software engineering experience, mostly on backend systems running in production
Deep expertise in Node and TypeScript, including queues, background jobs, and ORMs
Strong data modeling and SQL skills, ideally with Postgres
Experience designing and running GraphQL or REST APIs at production scale
Hands-on experience shipping at least one LLM-powered feature to real users using APIs such as Anthropic or OpenAI
Daily habit of building with AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or similar, with clear judgment about when to trust their output
Track record of keeping systems highly available, including monitoring, alerting, on-call, and postmortems
Clear communication with technical and non-technical partners and comfort owning ambiguous problems end to end
Experience with RAG, embeddings, vector search, or recommendation and matching systems
Experience building agentic workflows, tool use, or MCP integrations
Familiarity with LLM evaluation, prompt versioning, and AI observability tools
Experience integrating with Salesforce or other CRMs and data warehouses such as Redshift
Experience with Apollo and React
Prior work at a membership, community, or consumer subscription company
Must be based in the NYC Metro Area
Must be able to work a hybrid schedule with three days per week in the office
Must answer whether employment visa sponsorship in the US is required now or in the future

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary and equity
Flexible vacation policy
20 weeks of paid gender neutral parental leave
Full medical, dental, and vision packages
401(k)
Opportunity to work for a startup focused on driving real change for women in business
Opportunity to create and attend inspiring experiences and events with leaders of the industry
Access to ongoing virtual Chief member exclusive content, including workshops, thought leadership, and iconic speakers