The opportunity
We're hiring an early to mid-level Senior Backend Engineer to join our server engineering team. This role sits on our Core squad, which owns rapid product explorations, app quality, and monetization features for Clubhouse Plus users.
What you'll do
Solve a dynamic set of user problems across the product
Ship new product launches and platform capabilities at speed
Improve our monetization features, app quality, and backend reliability
Iteratively improve a legacy codebase while keeping an eye on long-term maintainability
You are experienced and curious. You have 4–5 years of backend development: experience with a strong foundation in languages like Python or Java, and experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB). You’re eager to deepen your technical craft and broaden your systems thinking.
You think at a systems level. You understand the tradeoffs in evolving a: legacy codebase — balancing short-term velocity with long-term maintainability. You map out edge cases for experiments and features, considering performance, scaling, and data implications. You appreciate the practical cost of complexity and advocate for the simplest solution that achieves the intended outcome.
What they're looking for
- You are experienced and curious. You have 4–5 years of backend development: experience with a strong foundation in languages like Python or Java, and experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB). You’re eager to deepen your technical craft and broaden your systems thinking.
- You think at a systems level. You understand the tradeoffs in evolving a: legacy codebase — balancing short-term velocity with long-term maintainability. You map out edge cases for experiments and features, considering performance, scaling, and data implications. You appreciate the practical cost of complexity and advocate for the simplest solution that achieves the intended outcome.
- You build with a platform mindset. You think about API contracts, shared: infrastructure, and distributed systems patterns as first-class concerns — even when shipping product features. You can identify when a product need is better served by investing in a shared service versus a one-off implementation, and you balance that tension pragmatically.
- You have a product mindset. You connect backend work to measurable business: impact. You think about how experiments tie to user growth and engagement, and you balance technical decisions with product outcomes.
- You move quickly and iterate. You can scope and deliver MVPs to learn early,: gather data, and iterate. You know how to balance speed and reliability so experiment results are trustworthy.
- You work well cross-functionally. You enjoy partnering closely with Product: Managers, Designers, and Data Scientists to shape hypotheses and act on results. You communicate tradeoffs clearly and can reframe constraints as opportunities.
- You’re collaborative and low ego. You evolve your thinking based on new data,: seek the best solution regardless of ownership, and contribute to a positive, inclusive team culture.
