Founding Backend Engineer: Scalable API Systems

cal alumni student association; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Casa is seeking a founding Senior Backend Engineer to design, develop, and ship robust backend systems that deliver exceptional value to our members. You’ll work closely with founders, engineers, and designers to build core systems and define our founding engineering culture.

You’ll lead architecture, design APIs for our client interfaces, and optimize performance while staying ahead of backend and cloud trends. An in-person, collaborative startup home for builders.

Qualifications

• You’re passionate about building robust systems.
• You’re excited to be a founding engineer at an early-stage startup.
• You’re excited to build.
• You think and act like an owner.
• You roll up your sleeves.
• You’re mission-driven and adaptable.
• You thrive on collaboration and problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and development of our backend systems, ensuring they are scalable, secure, and reliable.
• Design and implement APIs that power our iOS applications and other client interfaces.
• Optimize performance and scalability of our services to handle a growing number of members and data.
• Stay current with the latest advancements in backend technologies and cloud infrastructure, and integrate new technologies and methodologies as appropriate.
• Level up a growing engineering team by reviewing code and designs of teammates and providing constructive feedback to maintain high quality.

Skills

Backend architecture

API design

System scalability

Cloud infrastructure

Team leadership

Code review

Collaboration

Job description

Casa is seeking a founding Senior Backend Engineer to design, develop, and ship robust backend systems that deliver exceptional value to our members. You’ll work closely with founders, engineers, and designers to build core systems and define our founding engineering culture.

You’ll lead architecture, design APIs for our client interfaces, and optimize performance while staying ahead of backend and cloud trends. An in-person, collaborative startup home for builders.