# Senior Backend Engineer

**Company:** [Homebot](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/homebot)
**Location:** Denver, CO
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $145k – $175k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** TypeScript, React, Ruby on Rails, REST APIs, GraphQL, AI Tools, Agentic Workflows, Postgres, SQL, Monitoring, Logging, Distributed Tracing, Amplitude, Snowflake, Airflow
**Posted:** 2026-08-28

> Senior Backend Engineer building scalable applications, services, and APIs while delivering AI-powered workflows and automation. The role requires production software experience, strong TypeScript and Ruby on Rails skills, API and database expertise, and a focus on testing, observability, and collaboration.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build and grow applications, services, and APIs by shipping new features and enhancements.
- Own implementation end to end, using AI tooling to deliver features from idea to production quickly and responsibly.
- Create AI-driven workflows and automation.
- Participate in code reviews, technical planning, and architecture discussions.
- Partner with product, design, and engineering leadership on roadmap development and complex problems.
- Ship maintainable, well-tested, scalable code.
- Instrument systems with monitoring, logging, tracing, and product analytics.

## Requirements
- 3+ years building production-grade software.
- Full-stack development experience with TypeScript, React, and Ruby on Rails.
- Experience building and consuming REST and GraphQL APIs.
- Ability to use AI-powered development tools and agentic workflows while owning implementation decisions.
- Strong typing, runtime validation, and behavior-focused testing practices.
- Experience with monitoring, logging, tracing, and product analytics such as Amplitude.
- Solid understanding of relational databases, PostgreSQL, and SQL.
- Clear communication and effective collaboration with product, design, and engineering teams.

## Nice to Have
- Familiarity with home buying, lending, or real estate processes.
- Experience with microservice architectures and decomposing monoliths.
- Experience shipping AI-powered or agentic features.
- Hands-on experience with GraphQL at scale.
- Exposure to Snowflake, Airflow, or dbt.

## Compensation & Benefits
- Annual targeted base salary: $145,000–$175,000.
- Company-performance bonus and Equity Appreciation Rights as part of total compensation.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) match.
- Flexible vacation policy.
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
- Wellhub access with employer discount.
- Home office budget.
- Denver EcoPass or paid parking.
- In-office lunch delivery on Thursdays.
- Annual learning and development budget.
- Pet insurance.
- Onsite gym.

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