Senior Backend Engineer (Booking Integrations, Contract)

Bazeta; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 193,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Contract engagement (4–6 months)

Opportunity for extension

Job summary

Aescape, a New York-based physical AI and robotics company, seeks a Senior Backend Engineer (Booking Integrations, Contract) to build and ship connections to third-party booking platforms. You will set up the integration infrastructure, implement three platform integrations, and ensure maintainable, well-documented code.

The role is a 4–6 month contract with potential extension or conversion to full-time, and requires availability during Eastern Time business hours.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience, with recent production Golang exposure.
• Experience building third-party API integrations in production, esp. booking, scheduling, payments, or CRM.
• Ability to take a service from skeleton to production with clear documentation; comfortable with vendor APIs that are inconsistent or thinly documented.

Responsibilities

• Review service and infrastructure templates and set up a skeleton Go service following templates and best practices.
• Set up infrastructure for third-party integration services to keep maintenance light.
• Implement each booking platform integration within the infrastructure and connect to the central integration service (3 platforms).
• Collaborate with backend and infrastructure teams to improve API and infrastructure templates.
• Hand off the work with a maintenance plan and provide opportunities for future extensions or additional providers.

Skills

Golang

Backend development

3rd-party API integrations

AWS

Contract work / 1099

Documentation

Independent work

Job description

# Senior Backend Engineer (Booking Integrations, Contract)United States6 hours agoID 2977515Price on request## DetailsEmployment type: ContractRemote: YesCompany: AescapeLevel: Senior## DescriptionAescape is a New York-based physical AI and robotics company redefining human recovery through intelligent, precision bodywork, elevating it into a consistent, outcomes-driven practice. Powered by real-time body mapping, advanced robotics, and proprietary software, Aescape delivers deeply personalized bodywork that continuously adapts to the individual. This creates a superior way for members to move with greater ease, recover more efficiently, and optimize how they feel every single day. Aescape is building a defining brand for recovery, shifting behavior from a sporadic experience into a progressive, measurable routine, unlocking compounding benefits that build lasting resilience and laying the groundwork for an entirely new category of proactive human health and performance. Aescape powers recovery across leading fitness, hospitality, and wellness environments, including Equinox, Life Time, Marriott, Hilton, Four Seasons, Pause Studios, and Remedy Place, and is backed by Valor Equity Partners, BroadLight Capital, and Mecha Ventures. Aescape is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer (Booking Integrations, Contract) who can stand up and ship the services that connect Aescape to third-party booking platforms. You will set up the infrastructure for our third-party integration services, build three third-party booking platform integrations, and leave behind a setup that is easy to maintain. This is a contract engagement of 4 to 6 months with the possibility of extension or conversion to full time. This role requires availability in core business hours Eastern Time (11am to 5pm ET) for candidates based anywhere in the US. What You'll Do • Review Aescape’s service and infrastructure templates and set up a skeleton service that follows our template Go service and best practices • Set up the infrastructure for running the third-party integration services so ongoing maintenance stays light • Implement each booking platform integration within this infrastructure, communicating with Aescape’s general third-party booking integration service (3 total third-party platforms in this contract) • Work actively with the Aescape backend and infrastructure teams, giving feedback that improves the Aescape API and infrastructure template • Set up an infrastructure maintenance plan and hand off the work at the end of the engagement • Potential for future work: fixing integrations when third parties introduce breaking API changes, adding more booking providers, priority consideration when expanding the full-time roles on the backend team What You’ll Bring • 5+ years of backend engineering, with recent production Golang experience • Experience building and shipping third-party API integrations in production, ideally booking, scheduling, payments or CRM systems • Experience taking a service from skeleton to production and handing it off with clear documentation • Comfort working with vendor APIs that are inconsistent or thinly documented • Experience with AWS and infrastructure setup for backend services • A track record of working independently, as a contractor or in a role with high ownership • Based in the United States and able to work as a 1099 independent contractor Compensation : $150 per hour as a 1099 independent contractor, for an engagement of 4 to 6 months.