Senior Backend Engineer – Infrastructure

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. Deliver customer-facing features from product discussion through release and iteration .

Posted 10/23/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • United StatesSenior💰 $160,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in delivering and maintaining backend features in production web applications, with strong skills in API design, relational databases, and cloud infrastructure management. Proficient in mentoring and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance product performance and reliability.

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Backend DevelopmentAPI DesignAWS Infrastructure ManagementSQL and Relational Database SkillsTerraform Infrastructure as Code

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Hard Skills

Backend Language ProficiencyWeb Framework ExperienceDatabase Query OptimizationAsynchronous ProcessingAutomated Testing PracticesProduction DebuggingTechnical GuidanceData ModelingApplication SecurityGraphQL

Soft Skills

CollaborationMentoringCommunicationProblem-SolvingFeedback Provision

Tools & Technologies

AWSTerraformPostgreSQLRuby on RailsReactTypeScript

Industry Keywords

SaaS WorkflowsThird-Party IntegrationsBackup and Recovery PracticesObservabilityApplication Performance

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDjangoGraphQLJavaScriptLaravelNode.jsPostgresReactRubyRuby on RailsSQLTerraformTypeScript.NET

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Deliver customer-facing features from product discussion through release and iteration
Own backend features from technical design through implementation, testing, release, and maintenance
Build reliable APIs, integrations, and background processing for customer workflows
Improve database queries, application performance, and failure handling as the product grows
Work with the engineering lead to maintain AWS infrastructure and review Terraform changes
Investigate production incidents, improve monitoring and recovery procedures, and document operational practices
Collaborate with product and frontend engineers on practical solutions
Support teammates through code reviews and mentoring

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience independently delivering and maintaining backend features in a production web application
Strong proficiency in a backend language and web framework, such as Rails, Django, Laravel, Node.js, .NET, or a comparable stack
Strong relational database and SQL skills, including data modeling, query performance, and transactions
Experience designing APIs and handling asynchronous processing, integration failures, and retries
Hands-on experience deploying, troubleshooting, and operating applications on AWS or another major cloud platform, including permissions, networking, and application configuration
Experience reviewing and changing infrastructure as code using Terraform or a comparable tool
Practical approach to automated testing, safe releases, production debugging, and communicating technical tradeoffs
Experience helping other engineers through feedback, technical guidance, or mentoring
Helpful: Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL
Helpful: AWS and Terraform specifically
Helpful: GraphQL, third-party integrations, and SaaS business workflows
Helpful: Backup and recovery practices, observability, and application security
Enough frontend experience to collaborate comfortably in a React/TypeScript application
Authorization to work in the United States without employer sponsorship

Benefits

Comp & perks

Meaningful equity
Medical, vision, and dental with paid premiums for you and cost-sharing for dependents
Flexible PTO
401(k)
Daily lunches when onsite
Unlimited book budget
Company laptop
Complimentary One Medical membership for you and your family
Competitive cash, equity, and variable compensation