Staff Software Engineer

Rise Technical; New York (NY); On-site; USD 220,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

On-site role

Training stipend

Promotion cycles

Long-term growth

Job summary

Rise Technical in New York, NY seeks a Senior Backend/Staff Engineer to own the booking domain and external API used by partners and authorized AI agents to price, hold, book, modify and cancel experiences.

You will lead architecture and build robust integration patterns at scale on Rails, Postgres, OpenSearch and AWS, with Node.js in use. This on-site role offers a 4-day week and clear promotion cycles for long-term growth.

Qualifications

• Experience building high-volume transactional systems.
• Strong API design and partner integration experience.
• Leadership in technical roadmap and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Own the booking domain and external API for partner integrations.
• Lead architecture, technical roadmap and hands-on backend development.
• Build reliable transactional workflows (inventory, idempotency, concurrency, webhooks).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in a fast on-site environment.

Skills

Backend engineering

System architecture

API design

Tools

Ruby on Rails

Node.js

PostgreSQL

OpenSearch

AWS

Job description

$220,000 - $240,000 + Stock Options + On-Site + Product Ownership + Training Stipend + Promotion Cycles + Long-Term Growth

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

Are you a Backend Engineer, Staff Engineer or Senior Software Engineer looking for real ownership of a core product, where you can lead architecture and deliver high-impact systems that directly drive growth?

On offer is a key role with a well-funded travel technology business, taking technical ownership of the booking domain and a versioned external API used by distribution partners (and authorized AI agents) to price, hold, book, modify and cancel experiences.

As a result of continued growth into new hospitality verticals, they are now looking to add a Senior engineer who can set the technical roadmap and build robust integration patterns at scale.

You will be hands-on solving complex transactional challenges across inventory and capacity (units and time slots), idempotency, concurrency controls, retries, webhooks and failure recovery, building on a production stack centered around Ruby on Rails, Postgres, OpenSearch and AWS (with Node.js also in use).

This role would suit someone who thrives in ambiguity, enjoys leading technical direction, and wants long-term development with regular promotion cycles and support for training and certifications.

The Role:

• Own the booking domain and external API for partner integrations


• Lead architecture, technical roadmap and hands-on backend development


• Build reliable transactional workflows (inventory, idempotency, concurrency, webhooks)


• 4 day working week: On-site role in New York, NY (Mon-Thu, 9:30am-5:30pm)

The Person:

• Experience with transactional systems, public APIs, or integration platforms


• Hands-on with Ruby on Rails and/or Node.js, plus Postgres and AWS