Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Playlist is a company focused on connecting people with inspiring experiences in fitness, wellness, and beyond. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and operate backend systems, focusing on distributed systems, data modeling, and system design while leveraging AI to enhance delivery and quality.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Product and Design to deliver features from ideation through deployment, iterating based on feedback and outcomes
- Design and ship backend services and APIs end-to-end, owning system design and architecture decisions across service boundaries, data ownership, consistency models, failure modes, and others
- Model and store data thoughtfully: schema design, indexing/partitioning, migrations, and performance tuning
- Promote engineering excellence by driving simplicity, strengthening operational health, and upholding quality through automated testing, code reviews, and monitoring/observability
- Mentor teammates and raise the bar for engineering rigor and clarity, including best practices for responsible AI usage
Skills
- 8+ years building and operating backend systems for high-traffic and high-reliability products
- Strong system design skills across distributed systems (latency, throughput, durability, backpressure, idempotency, retries, timeouts)
- Deep understanding of data modeling and persistence (relational and/or NoSQL), including tradeoffs around normalization, transactions, and consistency
- Experience designing service-oriented architectures (microservices or modular monoliths), including service-to-service communication patterns
- Solid CS fundamentals and engineering judgment, proficiency in an OO language (e.g., Java/Kotlin/C#), and a solid understanding of SDLC and Agile methodologies
- Strong communication and collaboration across functions
- AI-native builder mindset with strong judgment; understanding of AI tooling such as MCPs, evals, RAG are good to have
Benefits
- The total compensation package may also include a performance bonus, benefits, and other applicable incentive compensation plans.
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