Senior Backend Engineer - Remote, Scale Fitness Tech

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Vision

Dental

Retirement

Flexible Time Away

Sick leave

Job summary

Outside Interactive, Inc. is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to power MapMyFitness platforms such as MapMyRun, MapMyWalk, and MapMyRide. You will lead backend development, collaborate with growth, product, and design, and respond to incidents to maintain high availability for millions of users.

The role emphasizes building APIs for mobile clients, cloud-native architectures, and scalable systems, with a fully remote work setup and strong emphasis on communication.

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience in backend software development.
• Proficient with AI agent coding; Claude Code.
• Strong experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience shipping maintainable and testable code bases.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of backend systems and growth initiatives for the MapMyFitness platform.
• Collaborate with marketing, product, and design peers to ship great user experiences.
• Respond proactively to bugs and make continuous improvements for the MapMyFitness community.
• Assist with monitoring and resolving incidents, ensuring high availability

Tools

Python

Java

Scala

AWS

Kubernetes

Django

RDS/MySQL

Kafka

Job description

Outside Interactive, Inc. is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to power MapMyFitness platforms such as MapMyRun, MapMyWalk, and MapMyRide. You will lead backend development, collaborate with growth, product, and design, and respond to incidents to maintain high availability for millions of users.

The role emphasizes building APIs for mobile clients, cloud-native architectures, and scalable systems, with a fully remote work setup and strong emphasis on communication.