Senior Backend Engineer - Representation

What You'll Do

• Own significant backend systems end-to-end: set and hold a high bar for architecture, design, implementation, and production health.
• Partner closely with product and design to shape requirements, not just implement them — we trust your intuitions and want you to have opinions.
• You’ll bring 0-to-1 product thinking to an area where your work has a tangible impact on our client’s wellbeing.
• Mentor engineers on the team, with particular emphasis on backend patterns.
• Work across the stack as needed, everything from frontend UI work to data systems.

What We're Looking For

Required:

• 5+ years of experience building production software, including meaningful time at a seed-stage startup or as an early member of a new product team at a later-stage company — with clear evidence of increasing scope and ownership over time.
• Experience on a high-performing product team, working closely with strong PMs and designers to ship user-focused solutions.
• Experience designing and operating reliable, scalable backend systems and APIs, with a high bar for data modeling and architecture.
• Deep user empathy — you think carefully about the people using what you build, not just the technical implementation.
• A track record of mentoring engineers and genuine excitement about helping teammates grow.

Bonus / Nice to Have:

• Experience with Go.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Terraform, & Docker.
• Background in industries with complex workflows — legal, healthcare, or financial services.
• Experience building products for consumers or two-sided marketplaces.
• Experience evolving systems as teams and traffic scale.
• Interest in developer experience, internal tooling, or team process improvement.

Salary and Benefits

Base salary range: $157,250 to $230,000, plus equity and benefits. Offer will reflect candidate experience, skills, and internal equity.