Backend Engineer

Datacurve AI • San Francisco, CA

19h

About The Position

We’re building a gamified developer platform empowering tens of thousands of coders to compete in exciting software engineering challenges – all while pushing the frontier of LLMs! As a Backend Engineer, you'll become part of a passionate, fast moving team dedicated to solving challenging technical problems, designing engaging gamification experiences, and shaping the foundations to support the collective effort of developers worldwide.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable backend systems and APIs
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, asynchronous processing, and event-driven architectures
• Experience designing APIs and backend services using Go
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and services on AWS
• Proficiency with IaaC tools (e.g., Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines
• Expertise designing relational database schemas, optimizing SQL queries, and managing database performance and integrity
• Excellent collaboration and proactive communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Kubernetes and orchestration of containerized applications
• Knowledge of observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana)
• Experience designing and scaling data pipelines to handle large volumes of data efficiently
• Worked with secure code execution environments and sandboxing techniques
• Interest or experience in gamification or developer-focused platforms

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discussions, guide architectural decisions, and identify opportunities for improvement across backend systems
• Architect robust infrastructure to efficiently handle high volumes of user interactions, data processing, and real-time competition data
• Collaborate closely with frontend engineers and product managers to deliver seamless user experiences
• Optimize backend performance, reliability, and scalability to support rapid growth and evolving product requirements
• Establish backend engineering best practices, including code quality, testing, observability, and documentation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees