Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Rise Technical Recruitment Limited; New York (NY); On-site; USD 190,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Unlimited PTO

Training stipend

Career progression

Job summary

Rise Technical Recruitment Limited is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to take ownership of an external booking API and drive system-wide technical decisions from NYC. The role focuses on building robust, transactional workflows with Postgres on AWS, aligning with a Staff-level trajectory as the product scales.

You will partner with a Staff Engineer, work Monday–Thursday in NYC, and receive stock options, unlimited PTO, and a training stipend to support ongoing growth.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL and AWS.
• Owns systems end-to-end and sets patterns for other engineers.
• Able to be in New York 4 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Own API design and day-to-day technical decisions for an external booking API.
• Build transactional workflows: inventory constraints, idempotency, concurrency, webhooks, failure recovery.
• Evolve booking domain/data models supporting multiple product categories and integrations.
• On-site role in NYC, Monday–Thursday 9:30am - 5:30pm.

Skills

PostgreSQL

AWS

Node.js

API design

System ownership

Distributed systems

Tools

Datadog

Redis

Kafka

Job description

Salary: USD190000 - USD210000 per annum + Stock Options + Unlimited PTO

Senior Backend Engineer / Backend Software Engineer

$190,000 - $210,000 + Technical Ownership + Training Stipend + Progression+ Stock Options

New York City, NY (Commutable from: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Jersey City, Hoboken, Newark, Long Island City, Staten Island)

Are you a Backend Engineer or Senior Software Engineer looking for real ownership of a core API and the chance to grow into a Staff-level scope as a product scales? Do you want to build transactional systems where your design decisions set the pattern other engineers follow?

On offer is a high-impact opportunity with a well-funded travel-tech/hospitality platform, where you’ll take technical ownership of an external booking API used by distribution partners and approved AI agents.

You’ll partner with a Staff Engineer on foundational architecture, with clear support for development through monthly feedback and a training stipend for courses/certifications. As a result of continued growth and expansion into new verticals (including spas), they’re adding to the team to scale the platform.

In this role you’ll design and build “bulletproof” transactional workflows (inventory constraints, idempotency, concurrency, webhooks, failure recovery) across Node.js services backed by Postgres on AWS with Datadog.

This role would suit a Senior Backend Engineer who wants deeper technical ownership, platform-level impact, and a genuine path toward Staff through delivery and influence.

The Role:

• Own API design and day-to-day technical decisions for an external booking API
• Build transactional workflows: inventory constraints, idempotency, concurrency, webhooks, failure recovery
• Evolve booking domain/data models supporting multiple product categories and integrations
• On-site role in NYC, Monday–Thursday 9:30am - 5:30pm

The Person:

• Hands-on experience with Postgres and AWS (bonus: Datadog, Redis, Kafka)
• Enjoys owning systems end-to-end and setting patterns for other engineers
• Able to be in New York 4 days per week.

We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.