🎉 Backend Engineer, Engagement
About The Position
Alpha is hiring a mid-level Backend Engineer (IC3) for its Engagement squad, which owns the core Clubhouse experience, including live audio rooms, reactions, clipping moments, houses where communities gather, and helping groups of friends form and stay together. The squad aims to make talking with friends a weekly habit by helping new users find a great first conversation, encouraging friend groups to return, and bringing back users who have dropped off. This role is part of a small, high-impact squad with backend, iOS, and Android engineers, collaborating directly with product, design, and data science. The work reaches millions of people, with product impact measured through data. The company is founder-led, product-driven, and fully remote; the role is open to candidates across the U.S.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of backend engineering experience in a language such as Python or Ruby.
- Experience working with relational and/or NoSQL databases, such as PostgreSQL or DynamoDB.
- A solid backend foundation and interest in developing technical craft and systems thinking.
- Uses AI coding tools regularly and has informed opinions about where they are useful.
- Takes ownership of work through completion, can get unstuck, is comfortable with ambiguity, and knows when to ask for help.
- Moves quickly and selects an appropriate solution for the situation, from an MVP to a more robust implementation.
- Focuses on outcomes and whether work affects product usage, engagement, and retention.
- Communicates clearly and collaboratively, keeps relevant colleagues informed, explains tradeoffs, raises risks early, and responds to data.
Nice To Haves
- Excitement about shipping AI-powered features in voice.
Responsibilities
- Build, instrument, and ship features across live rooms, reactions, clips, houses, and replays.
- Run experiments with data scientists when a launch calls for them.
- Evolve backend systems while balancing rapid iteration with code health and scalability.
- Collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, and data scientists to shape and deliver high-impact features.
- Make thoughtful tradeoffs that keep solutions simple, maintainable, and measurable.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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