Senior Backend Engineer

You’ll be responsible for building and maintaining the backend systems that power our award-winning apps: Balance and Elevate. As the company continues to grow, we’re expanding both our portfolio of products and the platform that supports them. Your work will help us scale our systems and continue delivering high-quality user experiences. You’ll collaborate closely with engineers across the company to build products that educate and delight our customers. As a senior member of the team, you’ll have the opportunity to guide the direction of our products and our engineering team.

This is a fully remote position anywhere in North or South America. We are happy to sponsor US visas and green cards, if applicable.

How You’ll Make an Impact Here:

• Lead the technical design and implementation of complex projects by working closely with Product Management, Marketing, and Content to define problems, come up with solutions, and deliver high-performance, reliable backend systems that support our apps
• Introduce new ideas to help the team iterate on process and technology
• Mentor fellow engineers, helping them grow their skills, and be open to learning from your teammates as you continue to grow your own skills
• Focus mainly on backend development but occasionally help out your teammates in other areas of the stack (iOS, Android, Data, DevOps, etc.)

Qualifications:

• You have 5+ years of professional software experience in backend development
• You are experienced with Ruby on Rails
• You are passionate about product-focused problem-solving
• You stay up to date with the latest backend development news and technologies
• You have experience integrating 3rd party APIs, especially single-sign on, purchasing, and analytics
• You communicate clearly and are willing to give critical feedback to improve the product
• You can identify areas for improvement and drive projects to completion without a manager consistently directing your work
• You have shipped at least one customer-facing product

Our Stack:

• Backend: Ruby on Rails
• Frontend: Next.js & React
• Scripting: Python & Shell
• Cloud: Heroku, AWS, & CloudFlare
• Databases: PostgreSQL & Redis
• Data Analytics: Snowflake & DBT
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions
• IaC: Terraform