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Hook

Inspire and innovate music expression.

Backend Engineer – Product & APIs

Backend EngineerSoftware EngineerOtherRemoteSeniorTeam 11-50H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

New York

Posted

103 days ago

Salary

0

Seniority

Senior

Job Description

Backend Engineer – Product & APIs

Hook

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs that power the Hook product • Partner closely with frontend engineers to define and implement clean, efficient API contracts • Architect systems that support high-throughput content creation, media processing, and social interactions • Optimize performance, reliability, and latency across core product flows • Contribute to database design, schema evolution, and data modeling decisions • Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting to ensure system health and observability • Participate in technical design discussions and help shape long-term backend architecture • Support experimentation and rapid iteration by building flexible, modular systems

Job Requirements

  • 3+ years of backend engineering experience building production systems
  • Strong experience designing and maintaining RESTful or GraphQL APIs
  • Proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g., Node.js/TypeScript, Python, Go, or Java)
  • Experience working with relational databases (e.g., Postgres) and/or NoSQL systems
  • Strong understanding of system design, scalability, and performance optimization
  • Experience collaborating closely with frontend and product teams
  • Ability to write clean, maintainable, well-tested code.

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary
  • Meaningful equity ownership
  • Opportunity to help build a category-defining social music platform.

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