Backend Platform Engineer: APIs, Data & Scale

Lapel; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Full benefits

Time off

Office perks

Job summary

Lapel is building the data, infrastructure, and tools to empower customer-facing teams and scale hospitality at every customer touchpoint. You’ll own backend architecture, APIs, and data systems, collaborating with product and founders to deliver reliable, scalable backend capabilities across the Lapel platform.

We’re a fast‑moving team shipping with a focus on security, performance, and customer impact, including a strong emphasis on equity and benefits to support employees in a high-growth

Responsibilities

• Build, operate, and scale the core backend systems that power Lapel platform.
• Design and develop robust APIs and services that support product features end-to-end.
• Translate ideas into scalable backend solutions with founders, product and design.
• Own backend projects end-to-end from scoping to deployment to iteration.
• Design and manage database schemas, data models, and data flows.
• Optimize performance, reliability, and scalability of systems.
• Implement security, authentication, and data protection best practices.
• Contribute to infrastructure and deployment pipelines.
• Debug and resolve production issues to maintain high uptime.

Job description

Lapel is building the data, infrastructure, and tools to empower customer-facing teams and scale hospitality at every customer touchpoint. You’ll own backend architecture, APIs, and data systems, collaborating with product and founders to deliver reliable, scalable backend capabilities across the Lapel platform.

We’re a fast‑moving team shipping with a focus on security, performance, and customer impact, including a strong emphasis on equity and benefits to support employees in a high-growth