Role Description This role offers the opportunity to shape and scale high-performance backend systems while solving complex technical challenges in a fast-growing marketplace environment. You will work closely with product managers, designers, and cross-functional engineering teams to design, build, and maintain APIs, databases, and server-side features that power large-scale applications. The position emphasizes clean architecture, system reliability, and performance optimization, while providing mentorship to junior engineers and actively contributing to team growth. You will be part of a collaborative, community-driven environment where innovation, learning, and problem-solving are highly valued. Exposure to advanced technologies, including large language models, is part of the role, ensuring that your work has a direct impact on product quality and customer experience. - Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs to support complex marketplace functionality. - Collaborate with product, design, and other engineering teams to define technical requirements and implement solutions. - Work with PostgreSQL clusters and other backend infrastructure to optimize performance and reliability. - Enhance testing frameworks and participate in code reviews to maintain high-quality code standards. - Address challenges in architecture, security, performance, optimization, payments, and personalization. - Mentor and support other engineers, fostering knowledge sharing and technical growth. - Participate in on-call rotation and use emerging technologies, including LLMs, to improve workflows and product functionality. Qualifications - 4+ years of professional backend engineering experience, including building or maintaining production web applications. - Strong knowledge of API and database design, architecture, and simplifying complex services. - Experience with operational aspects such as deployments, migrations, configuration, and provisioning. - Proficiency in Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, AWS, and similar backend technologies. - Solid understanding of scalable, secure, and high-performance system design. - Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams. - A passion for continuous learning and keeping up with server-side development trends. Benefits - Competitive base salary ranging from $124,800 – $183,400 USD, depending on location and experience. - 401(k) retirement plan and employer contributions. - Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including dental, vision, and medical coverage. - Paid time off and flexible leave policies. - Collaborative, community-driven work environment that encourages mentorship and professional growth. - Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and opportunities to innovate at scale. - Participation in a rapidly growing marketplace with a global user base.

• Contribute to the design and implementation of scalable, high-performance, and reliable backend applications. • Participate in code reviews as part of our collaborative development process. • Collaborate with cross-functionally to define, design, and ship new features. • Contribute to maintaining and improving the performance, quality, and responsiveness of the cloud services. • Implement security and data protection best practices in your work. • Stay up-to-date with industry trends and share best practices with the team.

• Design and implement scalable, secure, and maintainable software systems that align with business needs, creating flexible, reusable, and efficient solutions. • Lead technical design for complex stories, features, and epics, authoring technical documentation and ensuring adherence to IT control policies. • Collaborate proactively with cross-functional teams to address technical dependencies, review ideas and concerns, and deliver high-quality products. • Identify root causes of challenges, analyze upstream and downstream impacts, and recommend impactful, broad-reaching solutions while considering corporate strategy and trade-offs. • Establish and guide best practices for design, development, testing, and Agile workflows, mentoring team members and fostering a collaborative environment. • Build and maintain strong business relationships to influence decision-making and drive innovative solutions across teams. • Collaborate with Senior partners to ensure consistent design and coding standards are maintained across all development teams, including those led by offshore managers. • Maintain a deep understanding of software subsystems, their components, interfaces, and data integrations to ensure seamless functionality and scalability.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and deliver high-quality solutions. • Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable and robust server-side logic, databases, and APIs according to project requirements. • Utilize programming languages such as Java or Kotlin for backend development. • Architect and optimize backend systems for performance, scalability, and reliability. • Implement security measures to protect backend systems and data. • Contribute to the enhancement of our codebase by improving quality and documentation and reducing technical debt. • Stay updated on current and emerging technologies. • Utilize collaborative tools such as Gmail, Slack, Confluence, Jira, and various others for efficient communication, documentation, and project management. • Participate in code reviews and design reviews. • Provide technical guidance and support to junior developers. • Document code and technical specifications for future reference. • Analyze system performance and respond to incidents within specified deadlines and provide services during on call rotations to address system issues. • Provide services in the Scrum process, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospective meetings, to contribute to project progress and team coordination. • Participate in project-critical meetings and provide regular status updates on deliverables. • Manage your time independently and effectively to achieve project deliverables, which may require an estimated 40 hours of project-related effort per week. • Coordinate with the team during core hours (8:00 am to 11:00 pm Pacific Time) to enhance project collaboration. Some roles or urgent matters may require availability until 12:00 pm Pacific Time on occasion.