Senior Backend Platform Engineer — Remote, Scalable APIs

Socket.dev; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

NYC office access

Unlimited vacation

Technology stipend

WFH stipend

Snack stipend

Health benefits

Life insurance

Retirement 401K

Parental leave

Wellness platform

DICK’S Sporting Goods discount

Job summary

GameChanger, a remote-first tech company based in New York City, seeks a Senior Backend Platform Software Engineer to maintain and improve our API server codebase and developer experience. Our backend uses TypeScript, Node.js, Redis, and PostgreSQL on AWS, with growth as a core focus.

You will design and implement backend components, mentor peers, and participate in on-call rotations, emphasizing performance, scalability, and developer productivity.

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in software development with successful projects using TypeScript and Node.js.
• 2+ years experience writing scalable, testable, performant server-side code.
• 2+ years experience creating documentation detailing how to break down projects and technical details for team members of varying expertise.
• Willingness to mentor/train/work with other teams through documentation and live sessions on building features using the system.

Responsibilities

• Implement changes to our API and SDK to facilitate server/client communication.
• Introduce code patterns and tools to improve developer ergonomics.
• Identify and improve inefficiencies within our backend codebase.
• Participate in designing/redesigning critical parts of our system as it scales.
• Learn best practices and share with engineers across the company.
• Collaborate on critical decisions about architecture and build.
• Investigate scaling, security, and architectural challenges.
• Occasional on-call rotation with the team.

Skills

TypeScript

Node.js

APIs

Documentation

CI/CD

Git tools

Job description

GameChanger, a remote-first tech company based in New York City, seeks a Senior Backend Platform Software Engineer to maintain and improve our API server codebase and developer experience. Our backend uses TypeScript, Node.js, Redis, and PostgreSQL on AWS, with growth as a core focus.

You will design and implement backend components, mentor peers, and participate in on-call rotations, emphasizing performance, scalability, and developer productivity.