Senior Backend Engineer: Build Global Connectivity APIs

Builders at Gigs; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 220,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Home office stipend

Learning and development budget

Phone and international data plan

Job summary

Gigs is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design robust APIs and build scalable services that power our US Activation & Retention efforts. The role spans across a Ruby on Rails monolith and services in Go, Elixir, and TypeScript, with an emphasis on reliability and observability.

You will own end-to-end features, collaborate with partners, and contribute to rapid growth while maintaining high engineering standards.

Qualifications

• Experience designing APIs and building backend services.
• Comfort with systems thinking and software quality.
• Ability to learn and adopt new tools and languages.
• Ability to balance speed and quality for business impact.

Responsibilities

• Own complex problems end-to-end with a cross-functional team to design and build scalable solutions.
• Develop innovative products that deliver world-class connectivity for customers.
• Uphold engineering standards and improve tooling and processes as needed.
• Design, build and maintain best-in-class APIs and services with observability and reliability in mind.

Skills

API design

Backend services

AI in workflow

Ownership

Learning new tech

Tools

Ruby on Rails

Go

Elixir

TypeScript

Job description

Gigs is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design robust APIs and build scalable services that power our US Activation & Retention efforts. The role spans across a Ruby on Rails monolith and services in Go, Elixir, and TypeScript, with an emphasis on reliability and observability.

You will own end-to-end features, collaborate with partners, and contribute to rapid growth while maintaining high engineering standards.