Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Paperless Post is looking for Senior Backend Engineers to help build and evolve the services that power their events management platform. The role involves working across distributed systems and web infrastructure while bringing technical expertise and a strong sense of ownership.
Responsibilities
- Build and evolve the services that power our events management platform
- Work across distributed systems and web infrastructure as part of a deeply collaborative team
- Bring technical depth, strong ownership, and a genuine care for the end user
- Leverage tools like Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot to manage multiple streams of work
- Build and scale distributed systems and web infrastructure
- Develop RESTful APIs and maintain SLAs
- Influence architecture and articulate technical decisions across teams
- Mentor engineers and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
Skills
- 6+ years of experience as a backend or full-stack engineer in an established codebase
- Expert-level fluency in orchestrating agentic AI workflows; you leverage tools like Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot to manage multiple streams of work, shifting your focus from manual code generation to architectural strategy and technical execution
- Extensive experience building and scaling distributed systems and web infrastructure
- Expertise in developing RESTful APIs and maintaining SLAs
- Strong critical thinking skills with the ability to influence architecture and articulate technical decisions across teams
- A collaborative mindset that supports clear communication and constructive feedback
- A passion for solving problems and building features for end users
- A strong sense of ownership and accountability, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and follow through on commitments
- Resourceful and proactive problem-solving, balancing quick iteration with practical solutions
- Ability to mentor engineers and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
- Expertise in at least one statically typed language
- Experience in Golang, Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Java, or similar technology is a must
- Deep understanding of relational databases like Postgres
- Expertise in maintaining CI/CD pipelines such as CircleCI
- Expertise in software testing with unit and integration test suites such as Ginkgo and Gomega
- Expertise in TypeScript & React
- Proficiency in GraphQL
Benefits
- All full-time offer packages come with a base salary, equity component, and options for fully paid medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- While this position is remote-friendly, we can only employ in the following locations : New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, California, Colorado, Ohio, Texas, Florida, Illinois, Washington, Maine.
- We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations.
- This policy does not apply to approved accessibility or disability accommodations.
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