Gather AI

Full-stack Engineer

• Build and maintain production backend services using Python and Node.js/NestJS
• Design, build, and maintain REST APIs and integrations with internal and external systems
• Work with PostgreSQL in production, including schema design, complex queries, indexing, connection management, and performance tuning
• Build and support asynchronous workflows using message queues and distributed system patterns
• Apply caching strategies across application and data layers, including understanding cache invalidation and performance tradeoffs
• Take features and integrations through the full software development lifecycle, including development, testing, deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, and iteration
• Containerize and deploy services using Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines
• Monitor production systems using logs, dashboards, metrics, and other observability tools to understand reliability, throughput, and performance
• Diagnose and resolve production issues, including failures across APIs, integrations, queues, databases, and multi-service workflows
• Contribute to secure development practices including authentication, authorization, secrets handling, and protection against common application vulnerabilities
• Work closely with senior engineers on technical design and architecture decisions while progressively taking greater ownership
• Identify opportunities to improve code, reliability, performance, engineering processes, and system design rather than only executing assigned work
• Collaborate with Engineering, Security, Customer Success, Product, and other teams as our platform continues to scale

Software Development Engineer II – Full Stack