Senior Backend Engineer: Scalable APIs & Systems

Book of the Month; New York (NY); On-site; USD 125,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Book of the Month's Engineering team builds customer-facing features for our website and mobile apps, as well as internal tools for fulfillment and other departments. We are looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to architect creative technical solutions, ensure consistent delivery of roadmapped features, and drive ongoing code quality and performance.

You will own end-to-end feature development, collaborate with stakeholders, and mentor engineers to scale our systems for hundreds of

Qualifications

• Proficient in building production-grade Node.js applications.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end feature and tool development for hundreds of thousands of users.
• Collaborate with product/design and engineers to deliver practical, cost-effective solutions on feasible timelines.
• Create detailed technical specifications for peer review and execution.
• Review and mentor peers to ensure scalable architectures and sound design patterns.
• Write performant code and guide code generation for high quality releases.
• Verify solutions across happy and unhappy paths and monitor post-release success.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

Relational databases

REST APIs

Test suites

SQL optimization

Redis

Kafka

SQS

Tools

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Redis

Kafka

SQS

Job description

Book of the Month's Engineering team builds customer-facing features for our website and mobile apps, as well as internal tools for fulfillment and other departments. We are looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to architect creative technical solutions, ensure consistent delivery of roadmapped features, and drive ongoing code quality and performance.

You will own end-to-end feature development, collaborate with stakeholders, and mentor engineers to scale our systems for hundreds of