Senior Backend Engineer

5+ years of experience developing software in a production environment at scale
Prior experience serving as a technical lead for a team and on complex projects—driving architectural decisions, coordinating execution, and aligning cross-functional teams
Proven experience with Ruby on Rails or comparable frameworks
Experience with transactional databases and caching systems
Deep understanding of architectural patterns for large-scale web applications
Commitment to mentoring engineers and fostering team development
An appreciation of maintainable and well-tested code
Curiosity and passion for diving deeply into system architectures and technical challenges

Drive technical design and architectural decisions, while mentoring engineers and fostering cross-functional collaboration
Lead and contribute to multiple projects simultaneously, balancing ownership of key initiatives with support across broader team efforts
Build and maintain robust, low-latency APIs and backend services that power our Trust and Safety platforms
Become the domain expert in our platform architecture, providing technical decisions and solutions to refine our maturing platforms
Partner with data engineers, analysts, and product managers to ship impactful features that enhance member protection and experience
Improve platform reliability and performance through thoughtful system architecture, observability practices, and automation
Evolve our experimentation, policy lifecycle, and ML integration capabilities to support smarter and faster decision-making at scale