Sr. Software Engineer (Backend)

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Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Location

San Francisco, CA

Compensation

$200,000 - $400,000 Base + Competitive Equity

Visa

Open to Visa Transfers - OPT and H-1B transfers

Company Stage of Funding

Growth Stage / Venture-Backed - Founded 2020

Office Type

On-site - 5 days per week in-person at the San Francisco office

Travel

Not specified

Company Description

We're building at the intersection of technology, entertainment, and culture - creating consumer products that bring real money into experiences people already love.

Our platform powers multiple consumer products across gaming and collectibles, with both products ranking #1 in their respective App Store categories. The platform processes billions of dollars in volume annually, serves millions of users, generates hundreds of millions in revenue, and is profitable while continuing to grow at 10x+ year over year.

The team is small, highly ambitious, and made up of people from diverse backgrounds including quantitative trading, game development, art, entertainment, and consumer technology. Engineers have the opportunity to build systems and experiences that will be used by millions of people while working on the financial infrastructure supporting massive transaction volume.

With more than $65M raised from leading investors, the company is building toward a large-scale entertainment platform that combines real-money mechanics with novel consumer experiences.

What You Will Do

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Backend team, you'll take significant ownership over the engineering system and drive projects from idea through completion.

You'll work on consumer-facing features, complex data-driven systems, and the engineering infrastructure that allows a fast-growing team to ship quickly and reliably.

Build Consumer-Facing Products

Build backend systems powering consumer-facing products used by millions of users

Develop features that directly impact core business and product metrics

Own projects from technical design through implementation, testing, deployment, and iteration

Work closely with Product, Growth, Design, and Engineering to turn ideas into high-quality experiences

Build reliable systems capable of supporting significant transaction and user volume

Solve Difficult Technical Problems

Design and implement solutions to complex data-driven problems

Work on systems such as optimal matchmaking, anti-fraud, and other high-scale platform challenges

Build services and infrastructure that support real-money consumer experiences

Identify technical bottlenecks and opportunities to improve system performance, reliability, and scalability

Make thoughtful architectural decisions as the platform and user base continue to grow

Improve Engineering Velocity

Improve engineering processes and systems so the team can ship faster

Build and iterate on experimentation platforms

Improve CI/CD and developer tooling

Identify opportunities to automate repetitive engineering workflows

Raise the technical bar through strong engineering practices, code quality, and thoughtful system design

Take on increasing ownership as the company and engineering organization grow

Ideal Candidate Background

Experience Requirements

3-8 years of professional backend software engineering experience

Strong track record of independently driving projects to completion

Experience building and operating production backend systems

Experience working in fast-moving startup or high-growth environments

Demonstrated ability to take ownership beyond narrowly defined responsibilities

Comfortable continuously expanding scope and taking on additional responsibility

Technical Requirements

Strong backend software engineering fundamentals

Strong experience with Go or another modern backend language, with Go strongly preferred

Experience building production APIs and backend services

Strong understanding of distributed systems and scalable architecture

Experience with AWS or another major cloud platform

Experience with Kubernetes or containerized production environments

Strong database and data modeling fundamentals

Experience with testing, CI/CD, and engineering productivity tooling

Strong debugging and problem-solving skills

Ability to design systems that are reliable, scalable, and maintainable

Preferred Background

Professional Go experience

Experience with AWS

Kubernetes / k8s experience

Experience building high-scale consumer products

Experience with real-time systems or high-volume transaction platforms

Experience with fraud detection, risk systems, payments, financial technology, or marketplaces

Experience solving complex data-driven problems

Experience building experimentation platforms

Experience improving CI/CD and developer infrastructure

Experience in gaming, entertainment, collectibles, or other consumer technology

Soft Skills

Extremely high ownership and agency

Strong bias toward action and execution

Comfortable operating with significant autonomy

Naturally looks for opportunities to take on more responsibility

Strong product and business awareness

Pragmatic and highly resourceful

Comfortable in a small, fast-moving organization

Strong communicator and collaborator

Motivated by continuous learning and growth

Thrives in a high-performance, high-expectation environment

Compensation & Benefits

$200,000 - $400,000 base salary, depending on experience and qualifications

Competitive equity

Full-time position

On-site work environment, 5 days per week in San Francisco

Open to visa transfers, including OPT and H-1B transfers

Why Join

Build consumer products used by millions of people

Work on systems processing billions in annual volume

Solve technically challenging problems across matchmaking, anti-fraud, scalability, and real-time systems

Join a profitable, rapidly growing company with 10x+ year-over-year growth

Work with an unusually diverse and high-caliber team spanning technology, gaming, finance, art, and entertainment

Have significant ownership over the engineering system and product

Work in a high-agency environment where strong performers are given increasing responsibility

Build technology at the intersection of entertainment, culture, and financial infrastructure