The League

We're looking for a passionate Senior Backend Engineer to join our growing team. This role is pivotal in building and scaling the infrastructure that powers our matchmaking platform, ensuring millions of users have a seamless, real-time experience.

About the role

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll work closely with product, data science, and frontend teams to design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend services. You'll tackle challenges in scalability, reliability, and real-time data processing while contributing to architectural decisions that shape the future of our platform.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs that handle millions of requests per day with low latency.
• Collaborate with frontend engineers to define API contracts and ensure smooth integration.
• Optimize database schemas, queries, and caching strategies for performance and cost efficiency.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting to proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Develop and maintain real-time features, such as live matchmaking and notifications.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code, and conduct thorough code reviews.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices.
• Participate in on-call rotations to ensure system reliability and uptime.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional backend development experience, with a strong focus on scalability and performance.
• Expertise in at least one backend programming language (e.g., Python, Go, Java, or Node.js).
• Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., Redis, MongoDB).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform).
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
• Proficiency with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with real-time data processing (e.g., WebSockets, Kafka, or RabbitMQ).
• Solid grasp of security best practices, including authentication, authorization, and data encryption.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity in a fast-growing startup.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance (100% premiums covered for you and 50% for dependents).
• Unlimited paid time off with a minimum of 15 days encouraged annually.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching.
• Remote work stipend for home office setup and co-working space access.
• Annual professional development budget for conferences, courses, or books.
• Regular team offsites and social events (virtual and in-person).

Pay

$150,000 – $200,000 base salary, plus equity and performance bonuses.

Schedule

Full-time, flexible hours with core overlap of 10 AM – 3 PM PT for collaboration. Remote or hybrid options available.