Senior Backend Engineer, Core Product
Pulley
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $180,000 - $200,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Build and maintain backend services, APIs, and data models that power new features and improvements across Pulley's core equity platform
- Own end-to-end delivery of complex projects, from scoping technical approach through to production rollout
- Work on our persistence layer — database schema design, migrations, and data integrity
- Drive performance and reliability improvements across backend systems
- Work closely with product, design, and other engineers to ship seamless user experiences
- Mentor junior engineers on backend best practices and system design
Requirements
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience building production systems
- Strong proficiency in Go
- Solid understanding of database design, data modeling, and persistence best practices
- Experience designing APIs and working closely with frontend teams
- Strong product sense and ability to translate complex requirements into clean, maintainable systems
- A collaborative mindset — you work well with product, design, and other engineers
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
- Unlimited PTO + Winter holiday break
- Parental leave
- Generous stipends for WFH, learning, wellness, and AI tools
- 401(k) match (US) / Pension match (Canada)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
backend engineeringGodatabase designdata modelingAPI designdata integrityperformance improvementsystem designproduction systemspersistence best practices
Soft Skills
collaborationmentoringproduct sensecommunicationproblem-solving