Backend Engineer

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Mid From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Work mode

Onsite From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

In-office days

5 days From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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About this role

Backend Engineer San Francisco | OnSite We're building a gamified developer platform empowering tens of thousands of coders to compete in exciting software engineering challenges - all while pushing the frontier of LLMs! As a Backend Engineer, you'll become part of a passionate, fast moving team dedicated to solving challenging technical problems, designing engaging gamification experiences, and shaping the foundations to support the collective effort of developers worldwide. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Lead technical discussions, guide architectural decisions, and identify opportunities for improvement across backend systems - Architect robust infrastructure to efficiently handle high volumes of user interactions, data processing, and real-time competition data - Collaborate closely with frontend engineers and product managers to deliver seamless user experiences - Optimize backend performance, reliability, and scalability to support rapid growth and evolving product requirements - Establish backend engineering best practices, including code quality, testing, observability, and documentation WHAT YOU HAVE - 3+ years of experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable backend systems and APIs - Solid understanding of distributed systems, asynchronous processing, and event-driven architectures - Experience designing APIs and backend services using Go - Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and services on AWS - Proficiency with IaaC tools (e.g., Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines - Expertise designing relational database schemas, optimizing SQL queries, and managing database performance and integrity - Excellent collaboration and proactive communication skills NICE TO HAVES - Experience with Kubernetes and orchestration of containerized applications - Knowledge of observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus,

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