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Member of Technical Staff, Backend Engineer, API

Backend EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteLeadTeam 51-200Since 2018Company SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

2 days ago

Salary

$240K - $290K / year

Seniority

Lead

Job Description

Member of Technical Staff, Backend Engineer, API

Runway

• Own the full API lifecycle from design and implementation to monitoring, optimization, and documentation for both public and internal APIs • Design and implement async workflows for task orchestration, content moderation, prompt enhancement, and post-processing pipelines • Optimize database queries and improve performance for a high-traffic Postgres database • Build rate limiting, fraud detection, and credit management systems • Implement comprehensive API security, rate limiting, authentication, and monitoring systems to ensure reliability at scale • Improve the public API developer experience with better documentation, SDKs, and tooling • Improve the performance, reliability, and code quality of our codebases

Job Requirements

  • 3+ years of industry experience building production APIs
  • Strong TypeScript experience
  • Experience owning systems end-to-end: infrastructure, monitoring, logging, metrics, incident response
  • Understanding of API design patterns, REST principles, and async workflows
  • Experience with relational databases (Postgres preferred) and query optimization
  • Experience architecting production-ready systems at scale using cloud primitives from AWS, GCP, or Azure
  • Ability to rapidly prototype solutions and iterate on them with tight product deadlines
  • Humility and open mindedness

Benefits

  • Salary based on competitive market rates
  • Pay equity for our team

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