Hook

Backend Engineer – Product & APIs

Hook

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: New York • United States

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Tech Stack

GoGraphQLJavaJavaScriptNode.jsNoSQLPostgresPythonTypeScript

About the role

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs that power the Hook product
  • Partner closely with frontend engineers to define and implement clean, efficient API contracts
  • Architect systems that support high-throughput content creation, media processing, and social interactions
  • Optimize performance, reliability, and latency across core product flows
  • Contribute to database design, schema evolution, and data modeling decisions
  • Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting to ensure system health and observability
  • Participate in technical design discussions and help shape long-term backend architecture
  • Support experimentation and rapid iteration by building flexible, modular systems

Requirements

  • 3+ years of backend engineering experience building production systems
  • Strong experience designing and maintaining RESTful or GraphQL APIs
  • Proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g., Node.js/TypeScript, Python, Go, or Java)
  • Experience working with relational databases (e.g., Postgres) and/or NoSQL systems
  • Strong understanding of system design, scalability, and performance optimization
  • Experience collaborating closely with frontend and product teams
  • Ability to write clean, maintainable, well-tested code.
Benefits
  • Competitive base salary
  • Meaningful equity ownership
  • Opportunity to help build a category-defining social music platform.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
backend engineeringRESTful APIsGraphQL APIsNode.jsTypeScriptPythonGoJavarelational databasesNoSQL systems
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationclean codemaintainable codewell-tested code