Senior Software Engineer, Backend

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

Description For Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Postscript, trusted by over 18,000 Shopify and Shopify Plus stores, is revolutionizing SMS marketing for e-commerce. Founded in 2018 and backed by Greylock and Y Combinator, we're a 100% remote organization with 250+ employees. As a Senior Software Engineer, Backend, you'll enhance our core platform and message orchestration systems, enabling conversational messaging for our customers. You'll work with React, Python (Flask), Go, and AWS-managed architecture, solving challenging technical problems while directly impacting our customers and bottom line. The role demands expertise in building scalable distributed systems, technical leadership, and the ability to balance technical constraints with business priorities. You'll have the opportunity to shape architecture and processes as we scale, mentor team members, and contribute to a high-growth startup environment. The position offers competitive compensation ($170K-$200K plus equity), comprehensive benefits, and the flexibility of remote work, all while being part of a mission to make SMS the number-one revenue channel for e-commerce merchants.

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Responsibilities For Senior Software Engineer, Backend

  • 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 Software Engineer, Backend

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
  • Experience building modular, flexible architectures
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience building great products
  • Experience coaching and mentoring engineers

Benefits For Senior Software Engineer, Backend

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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