Senior Backend Engineer

The SMS revenue platform for e-commerce merchants
$170,000 - $200,000
Backend
Senior Software Engineer
Remote
101 - 500 Employees
6+ years of experience
E-Commerce

Description For Senior Backend Engineer

Postscript, founded in 2018, is a rapidly growing SMS marketing automation platform specifically designed for e-commerce, trusted by over 18,000 Shopify and Shopify Plus stores. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll be instrumental in enhancing their core platform and message orchestration systems. The role offers the opportunity to work with a modern tech stack including React, Python, Go, and AWS-managed architecture. The company operates as a 100% remote organization with over 250 employees and is backed by notable investors like Greylock and Y Combinator.

The position requires expertise in building scalable distributed systems, with a focus on developing platform primitives and REST APIs. You'll be expected to lead technical decisions, mentor team members, and directly impact the company's growth. The role combines technical leadership with hands-on development, requiring both strong engineering skills and excellent communication abilities.

Postscript offers a competitive compensation package including a base salary range of $170,000-$200,000 plus significant equity, comprehensive benefits, and flexible remote work arrangements. The company values its FEACH principles (Fearlessness, Excellence, Animal, Customer First, and Humility) and is committed to making SMS the number-one revenue channel for e-commerce merchants.

This is an excellent opportunity for experienced engineers who want to make a significant impact in a high-growth startup environment while working with modern technologies and helping shape the future of e-commerce communications.

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Responsibilities For Senior Backend Engineer

  • Architect and build highly available, extensible, and scalable platform primitives and REST APIs
  • Take ownership and deliver excellent products to customers
  • Contribute to team health through feedback and process improvement
  • Guide team in technical and product design decisions
  • Identify and execute on points of scale
  • Mentor other engineers
  • Communicate transparently and manage tasks, risks, and changes

Requirements For Senior Backend Engineer

Python
Go
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
React
  • Minimum 6 years professional software development experience
  • Experience developing backend applications, services and APIs using Python, Golang
  • Experience building, deploying, and maintaining applications on AWS
  • Expertise in NoSQL and SQL, database modeling
  • Experience building modular, flexible architectures
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience building great products
  • Experience coaching and mentoring engineers

Benefits For Senior Backend Engineer

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Equity
  • Significant equity
  • Work from home flexibility
  • Flexible paid time off
  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance

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