Senior Software Engineer, Profiles and Bookings
About The Position
About RealSelf For two decades, RealSelf has been the trusted authority in the aesthetics space. Now, we're evolving into a dynamic digital ecosystem that puts consumers at the center of their aesthetic journey. As the only destination combining verified patient experiences, board-certified doctor insights, and cutting-edge technology, RealSelf empowers millions to make confident, informed decisions. Role Overview We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to own backend architecture, API design, infrastructure, and stability for our booking systems, provider and practice profiles, performance dashboards, and a future SaaS provider booking product. This is a hands-on position that also carries leadership and mentorship responsibilities. You will partner with frontend engineers, product, design, and operations to deliver scalable, secure, high-performance systems. $140,000 - $190,000 a year
Requirements
- 5+ years of backend or infrastructure engineering experience.
- Proven experience designing high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems in Node.js, TypeScript, or Go and Python (Django)
- Deep understanding of API design (REST, GraphQL, event-driven, webhooks).
- Experience building multi-tenant SaaS systems (isolation, provisioning, schema strategies, tenant onboarding).
- Proven experience designing and operating backend infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS (or equivalent cloud), CI/CD pipelines
- Strong observability skills: Metrics, logging, tracing, alerting, capacity planning, performance tuning.
- Expertise in security, authentication/authorization, and data privacy (HIPAA knowledge is a plus).
- Architectural and system design skills, with the ability to make tradeoffs, choose boundaries, and scale systems.
- Experience in mentoring, code review, architectural guidance, and helping other engineers level up.
- Proficiency in leveraging AI tools to accelerate code delivery and improve quality.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills; comfortable working in cross-functional environments.
- Demonstrated track record delivering backend systems end to end.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in scheduling/booking systems or calendar sync (Google Calendar, iCal, Exchange).
- Experience in the health, wellness, medspa, or clinical domain.
- Payment/billing infrastructure experience (Stripe, Braintree, etc.).
- Experience with GraphQL subscriptions, event-driven architecture (Kafka, Pub/Sub).
- Familiarity with search technologies (ElasticSearch, Algolia, etc.).
- Experience working with service provider profiles, marketplaces, and/or appointment workflows.
- Prior experience in SaaS product engineering for service-based verticals (e.g. Zenoti, Mindbody, Vagaro).
Responsibilities
- Design and lead development and maintenance of backend services for booking, scheduling, provider profiles, search, and related domains.
- Architect a multi-tenant SaaS booking product for medspas/clinics with modular, extensible design (scheduling engine, calendar sync, payments, notifications, reporting, etc.).
- Ensure reliability, security, scalability, and performance across systems.
- Mentor, review code, do architectural reviews, and help grow backend engineers.
- Collaborate cross-functionally (frontend, product, design, ops) to turn product vision into reality.
- Evaluate and integrate third-party systems (e.g. calendar APIs, payment gateways, third-party booking tools) as necessary.
- Participate in roadmap planning, technical direction, tradeoffs, and product scoping.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
