Senior Backend Engineer

RevenueCat

5d • $230,000 - $230,000 • Remote

About The Position

RevenueCat removes the headaches of building and scaling in‑app subscriptions. Since graduating from YC’s S18 batch we’ve grown into the default monetization platform for mobile: we’re in >40% of newly shipped subscription apps, we process $12B+ in annual purchase volume, and we help everyone from a solo dev in Brazil to the OpenAI mobile team understand and grow their revenue.
We’re a remote‑first crew of 150+, spread across 25+ countries, and guided by values we actually practice: Customer Obsession, Always Be Shipping, Own It, and Balance. If you want your work to touch hundreds of millions of end‑users (and help the developers behind them get paid), you’ll fit right in.
We’re looking for a Backend Engineer to design, build, ship, and own end-to-end product features used by thousands of developers and hundreds of millions of end-users.
This is a hands-on IC role. We want someone that loves shipping products, not just code. You are an engineer obsessed with the customer and passionate about software. You’ll take ownership from problem scoping to production rollout to long-term maintenance. You have both the engineering fundamentals to write performant systems that operate at huge scale near flawlessly and the product sense that doesn't let “perfect” get in the way of “shipped today.”

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience as a backend engineer designing complex, fast-growing systems that didn't exist before you.
• Can write advanced SQL statements beyond basic SELECT and UPDATE statements.
• Hold a high bar for quality and instinctively know which details matter, but also are discerning enough to cut scope when needed while still delivering value.
• Customer-obsessed: you imagine yourself as the developer, product manager, or marketer using the feature or experiencing the issue.
• A builder, not an implementer: scoping, prioritizing, and driving rollout in partnership with our Product team.
• Can quickly familiarize yourself with code you didn't write yourself and improve it.
• Scrappy and biased toward shipping. You’d rather ship a good version today and iterate than wait to ship a perfect one next quarter.
• Communicate clearly, both in real-time and asynchronously.
• Shipped meaningful user-facing features to production, monitored their usage and adoption, and improved them over time.
• Write high-quality, well-tested code, debug issues methodically, and help raise the engineering bar through thoughtful feedback and mentorship.
• Act like a founder: you notice problems, propose improvements, and follow through fast.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Python.
• Experience in PostgreSQL.
• Experience building SDKs.
• Shipped a mobile app with in-app purchases.
• Some experience with React and SPA applications.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, ship, and own end-to-end product features used by thousands of developers and hundreds of millions of end-users.
• Take ownership from problem scoping to production rollout to long-term maintenance.
• Scope and work on projects self-sufficiently, end to end.
• Talk to customers or support directly to understand how the systems you own actually get used and where they break down.
• Learn the basics of incident response and join the on-call rotation.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to reliability and quality across the codebase.
• Understand every product your team owns.
• Review code, write proposals, and contribute to architectural discussions.
• Contribute to your team’s roadmap and technical direction — the “why,” not just the “how.”
• Be the go-to person on a couple of your team’s focus areas.
• Have shipped a major product or feature, start to finish.
• Know all the major components of our system and be able to debug complex issues across it.
• Have your own initiatives for improving our products, grounded in real customer and business priorities.
• Spec and architect medium-to-large projects, gather feedback, and drive design validation and rollout plans.
• Mentor other engineers joining the team.
• Push the org to improve reliability, scalability, and performance.

Benefits

• Competitive equity in a fast-growing, Series C startup backed by top-tier investors, including Y Combinator
• 10-year window to exercise vested equity options
• Fully remote and flexible work environment
• 4-5 weeks of suggested time off annually for mental, physical, and emotional recharge
• $2,000 USD for workspace setup
• $1,000 USD annual stipend for continuous learning

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed