Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Paperless Post•New York, NY

6d•$165,000 - $195,000•Remote

About The Position

Paperless Post is looking for a few Senior Backend Engineers to help build and evolve the services that power our events management platform. You'll work across distributed systems and web infrastructure as part of a deeply collaborative team with a robust development process. As a senior member of the team, you'll bring technical depth, strong ownership, and a genuine care for the end user — understanding that we're not just shipping code, we're keeping our users' trust. The Paperless Post Engineering team, a highly collaborative group of developers and technologists, is charged with building and refining a consumer-facing product that millions of people interact with each month. Our individual feature teams each focus on a unique piece of the user experience and are made up of engineers, product managers, quality assurers, and product designers. We prioritize creativity and continuing education, and our ongoing commitment to quality code shows in our pragmatic but brave approach to technology. Our engineers are increasingly working alongside AI, running tools like Claude Code across multiple streams of work at once. That means less time writing code by hand and more time on architecture, judgment, and the problems only people can solve. It's helped us increase our output this year while reducing deploy-related incidents compared to the same period last year.

Requirements

6+ years of experience as a backend or full-stack engineer in an established codebase.
Expert-level fluency in orchestrating agentic AI workflows.
Extensive experience building and scaling distributed systems and web infrastructure.
Expertise in developing RESTful APIs and maintaining SLAs.
Strong critical thinking skills.
A collaborative mindset.
A passion for solving problems and building features for end users.
A strong sense of ownership and accountability.
Resourceful and proactive problem-solving.
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.

Nice To Haves

Expertise in TypeScript & React
Proficiency in GraphQL

Responsibilities

Build and evolve the services that power our events management platform.
Work across distributed systems and web infrastructure.
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, shifting focus from manual code generation to architectural strategy and technical execution.
Build and scale distributed systems and web infrastructure.
Develop RESTful APIs and maintain SLAs.
Influence architecture and articulate technical decisions across teams.
Support clear communication and constructive feedback.
Solve problems and build features for end users.
Navigate ambiguity and follow through on commitments.
Balance quick iteration with practical solutions.
Mentor engineers and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.