Software Engineer, Back End at Common Room

Feedinkoo: Remote Jobs; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Unlimited PTO

Work-from-home policy

Remote home-office stipend

401(k)

Paid family leave

Equity ownership

Job summary

Common Room is the customer intelligence platform that captures every buying signal, empowering teams with AI enrichment and automation to reach the right person with the right context at the right time.

We seek an engineer who can quickly learn the product, independently own feature development from idea through release, and build robust APIs while ensuring observability, SLA, and scalability. Collaborative, outcomes-focused applicants will fit our team.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Operate independently but seek help when needed.
• Enjoy crafting large backend projects and own them through completion.
• Collaborate effectively with experienced engineers, including frontend engineers.
• Make sound trade-offs, preferring stable technologies over fad tech.
• Use customer problems to design simple, elegant solutions.
• Consider observability, SLA, and scalability without premature optimization.
• Comfort with AWS, PostgreSQL, and Node.js.

Responsibilities

• Learn the product, business, and technology quickly.
• Independently own and execute feature development from idea through release.
• Build APIs that other engineers use to solve customer problems.
• Maintain core infrastructure and systems for reliability and scalability.
• Identify and participate in company-building initiatives.

Skills

Backend development

TypeScript

Node.js

AWS

PostgreSQL

API design

Collaboration with engineers

Observability

Tools

TypeGraphQL

Apollo/Express

React

AWS

PostgreSQL on Amazon RDS

Job description

About Common Room

Common Room is the customer intelligence platform that captures every buying signal, giving companies superpowers with AI enrichment and automation to reach the right person with the right context at the right time.

Why we need you

• Quickly learn the product, business, and technology.
• Independently own and execute feature development, from idea through release.
• Build APIs that other engineers use to solve customer problems, while ensuring systems are efficient, scalable, and reliable.
• Maintain our core internal capabilities, infrastructure, and systems so they continue to serve customers and the team, staying ahead of product needs.
• Identify and participate in company‑building initiatives essential to a fast‑growing startup.

Who you are

• Have 2+ years of professional experience.
• Operate independently but seek help and support when needed.
• Revel in crafting large backend projects and own them through completion.
• Collaborate effectively with experienced engineers, including front‑end engineers.
• Make sound trade‑off decisions, preferring stable, supported technologies over trendy fad tech.
• Use customer problems to design simple, elegant solutions.
• Consider observability, SLA, and scalability implications without premature optimization.
• Feel at home with AWS, Postgres, and Node.js.
• Bring your authentic self to work and engage in candid, respectful feedback.
• Manage your time and priorities sustainably.
• Enjoy the journey as much as the destination, without losing sight of it.
• Demonstrate pride, ownership, and accountability for your work and expect the same from teammates.

Current tech stack

• TypeScript with Node.js
• TypeGraphQL for API endpoints
• Apollo/Express as the web server
• PostgreSQL on Amazon RDS
• React for the front‑end
• AWS for infrastructure

Benefits

• Competitive base compensation with meaningful equity ownership
• Health insurance including medical, dental, and vision, HSA and FSA; full coverage of employee premium and 50% of dependent premiums
• Unlimited Paid Time Off and paid company holidays
• Work‑from‑home policy with laptop and home‑office support; monthly remote stipend
• 401(k) self‑contribution plan
• Paid family leave
• Opportunity to join a diverse, passionate, and fun team at a pivotal time in the company’s lifecycle

Common Room provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.