Senior Software Engineer, Backend

RocketReach; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

401(k) matching

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Investment in culture and resources for a distributed team

Incredible amount of autonomy

Job summary

RocketReach is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join their rapidly growing engineering team. You'll own mission-critical applications end-to-end, collaborate on an integrations platform, and design new product features that will benefit millions.

The ideal candidate has deep experience in web-based applications, is highly skilled in Python, AWS, and enjoys working in a collaborative environment. Benefits include a competitive salary, 401(k) matching, and great autonomy.

Qualifications

• Deep experience architecting and working on complex web-based applications.
• Highly skilled in Python, Linux, PostgreSQL, and AWS.
• Capable of writing clean, well-tested code.

Responsibilities

• Own mission-critical applications end-to-end.
• Work collaboratively with the team on an integrations platform.
• Design and develop product features for users.

Skills

Python

Linux

PostgreSQL

AWS

Communication skills

Project leadership

Job description

Senior Backend Engineer

RocketReach is in a period of rapid growth and they are looking for a strong Senior Backend Engineer to join the growing engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Own mission‑critical applications end‑to‑end.
• Work collaboratively with the team to build services that power RocketReach’s third‑party integrations platform, Enterprise API, and AI‑driven automation capabilities.
• Design and develop new product features that will benefit millions of RocketReach customers.
• Iterate on existing functionality to ensure the greatest level of adoption, customer satisfaction, and growth across the product.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Analytics, and Engineering teams to build well‑designed and scalable solutions that meet the needs of our users.
• Work across the stack, including backend services, cloud‑based infrastructure, databases, and third‑party partner APIs.
• Mentor engineers on the immediate team to establish best practices and standards throughout the code base.
• Create monitoring and observability capabilities to maintain high levels of performance and uptime for the products that you support.

Qualifications

• Deep experience architecting and working on complex web‑based applications across the stack.
• Highly skilled in Python, Linux, PostgreSQL, and AWS.
• Write clean, non‑repetitive, well‑tested code that can scale to millions of requests per hour.
• Product‑driven and enjoy collaborating with a cross‑functional team to bring value to customers.
• Curious, unafraid to ask questions, and have strong communication skills.
• Prefer autonomy and able to function well in low‑control/high‑uncertainty environments.
• Confident with the ability to lead projects and own products end‑to‑end with the team.
• Care about working with talented, low‑ego, overall good people.
• Embrace continuous delivery by deploying code early and often to create ongoing value for customers.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive Salary.
• 401(k) matching.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• Investment in culture and resources for a distributed team.
• Incredible amount of autonomy.

RocketReach is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, or protected veteran status.