Backend Engineering Leader: Scale APIs & Teams

Sierra Ventures; San Francisco (CA); Presencial; USD 180.000 - 240.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Joy in San Francisco seeks an engineering leader to build and guide a team delivering backend features powering Joy APIs used by millions. You will mentor engineers, define best practices, and collaborate with product and CX to align with customer needs.

You will hire and grow engineers, ensuring high quality, secure, and scalable services while fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture.

Formación

• Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 3+ years leading an engineering team.
• Proven track record hiring and developing engineers.
• Experience with Node.js, JavaScript, TypeScript.
• Building secure, high-performing REST or GraphQL APIs.
• Strong SQL and NoSQL knowledge (Firebase, PostgreSQL).
• Strong debugging of complex apps.
• Startup experience preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Build and lead a team of engineers to deliver backend features.
• Collaborate with product and CX to understand customers.
• Partner with frontend, backend, and mobile teams on microservices APIs.
• Mentor team members to be independent and proficient.
• Ensure correctness, maintainability, and performance of Joy API.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Node.js

JavaScript

TypeScript

REST/GraphQL APIs

SQL/NoSQL

Firebase

PostgreSQL

Debugging

Hiring/Retaining talent

Startup experience

Educación

Master's Degree in Computer Science

Herramientas

Firebase

PostgreSQL

Descripción del empleo

Joy in San Francisco seeks an engineering leader to build and guide a team delivering backend features powering Joy APIs used by millions. You will mentor engineers, define best practices, and collaborate with product and CX to align with customer needs.

You will hire and grow engineers, ensuring high quality, secure, and scalable services while fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture.