Senior Backend Engineer, Integrations

Vibe.co

Senior Backend Engineer joining Vibe to shape integrations and API architecture for performance marketing solutions. Building production-grade integrations and driving developer platform initiatives in a fast-paced environment.

Posted 7/2/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $196,000 - $265,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSPythonTerraformTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and implement production-grade integrations with external platforms: CRMs, CDPs, measurement vendors, and data partners
Own integration projects end-to-end, from scoping through production, with full accountability for outcomes
Collaborate directly with external partners to define, validate, and evolve data contracts
Drive the architecture of Vibe's public API: account, advertiser, and campaign management endpoints built to scale
Develop documentation, monitoring, and tooling that makes the developer experience genuinely first-class
Contribute to MCP gateway and authentication layers that expose Vibe's capabilities to the world
Identify architectural weaknesses in existing pipelines and lead the effort to rebuild them for scale
Set the standard for code quality on the team. Your reviews move the bar, not just the diff
Use AI tooling actively to accelerate development and raise output quality across the team
Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code review, pairing, and direct feedback
Help establish engineering norms and practices as the New York team grows
Partner with the Engineering Manager on technical direction and hiring calibration

Requirements

What you’ll need

Typically 6+ years shipping production backend systems: APIs, data pipelines, and distributed services at scale
Deep hands-on proficiency in TypeScript and Python; you've owned complex systems in both, not just contributed to them
Strong infrastructure fundamentals: AWS, Terraform, and the judgment to make architectural decisions, not just implement them
Exposure to low-level programming concepts. C or C++ background is a plus; you understand what's happening beneath the abstraction
A high-ownership background: startups, scale-ups, or any environment where you couldn't hand the hard problems to someone else
A track record of raising the quality of the engineers around you, not just your own output.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Variable pay based on objectives you hit. No arbitrary targets.
Hybrid flexibility. We're in NYC's Flatiron District and our team is in 3x a week.
Full health coverage. Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
401(k) with matching. We invest in your future, not just your output.
Unlimited PTO. Take the time you need. We measure results, not hours.
Parental leave. Paid leave for all parents.
Annual offsite. The whole team, once a year, somewhere worth the trip.

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Hard Skills & Tools

API DevelopmentData Pipeline DevelopmentDistributed ServicesTypeScriptPythonAWSTerraformC ProgrammingC++ ProgrammingCode Quality Standards

Soft Skills

MentoringCollaborationOwnershipProblem-SolvingFeedback