Senior Backend Engineer (Fully Remote)

Spin Master; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Spin Master is seeking a senior backend engineer to own the API, queues, real-time connection layer, and cloud infrastructure. You will harden and scale the backend for global growth, ensuring fast, safe, and affordable operations.

You will tune autoscaling, build cost instrumentation, and own release engineering for safe deploys and rollbacks, with a focus on end-to-end production ownership.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Python and PostgreSQL, with interest in Elixir.
• Experience scaling queue-driven or real-time systems.
• Ownership of production end-to-end responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Own the API, job queues, real-time connection layer, and cloud infrastructure.
• Harden and scale the backend for global growth, ensuring speed, safety and affordability.
• Build cost instrumentation and own release engineering for safe deploys and rollbacks.

Skills

Python

PostgreSQL

Elixir

Job description

• Own the API, job queues, real-time connection layer, and cloud infrastructure.
• Harden and scale the backend for global growth, keeping it fast, safe, and affordable.

Impact:

• Tune autoscaling and mature observability before families notice issues.
• Build cost instrumentation and own release engineering for safe deploys and rollbacks.

Skills:

• Deep Python and PostgreSQL, with Elixir or interest in learning it.
• Experience scaling queue-driven or real-time systems and owning production end to end.

Spin Master

Spin Master is a leading global children's toy, entertainment, and digital gaming company. Hapiko, its small senior engineering team, fosters a fast-paced, hands-on culture backed by the reach of one of the world's largest toy companies.