Senior Backend Engineer — Clojure & Cloud

Cerebras; United States; On-site; USD 170,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Professional development allowance

Booking discount

Home office setup

Cell phone & internet stipend

Co‑working membership

Flexible take it as you need it time

Wellness Fridays

Annual company offsites

Job summary

Peerspace is the leading online marketplace for venue rentals for meetings, productions, and events. This Senior Backend Engineer role focuses on building scalable backend services in a cloud-based architecture using Clojure, with Node.js support for legacy systems.

You will collaborate with senior engineers, product management, and DevOps to deliver robust services and improve deployment pipelines. Applicants should have 5–8 years of backend experience, strong Clojure skills, and familiarity

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of backend software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Clojure for backend services.
• Familiarity with Node.js for legacy services.
• Experience designing RESTful APIs.
• Experience with cloud platforms and IaC.
• Analytical problem solving and debugging skills.
• Collaborative, with cross-functional teams and product management.
• Willingness to learn new tools and techniques in cloud deployment.

Responsibilities

• Designing, implementing, and maintaining backend services in Clojure.
• Assist in maintaining and modernizing legacy Node.js services.
• Collaborate on cloud deployments with infrastructure-as-code.
• Write clean, well-documented code and participate in code reviews.
• Work with DevOps and other teams to integrate services.
• Pursue continuous improvement and stay updated with industry trends.

Skills

Clojure

Node.js

RESTful APIs

Cloud environments

Infrastructure as code

Problem solving

Collaboration

Growth mindset

Job description

Peerspace is the leading online marketplace for venue rentals for meetings, productions, and events. This Senior Backend Engineer role focuses on building scalable backend services in a cloud-based architecture using Clojure, with Node.js support for legacy systems.

You will collaborate with senior engineers, product management, and DevOps to deliver robust services and improve deployment pipelines. Applicants should have 5–8 years of backend experience, strong Clojure skills, and familiarity