RevenueCat is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our engineering team. You will help design, build, ship, and support end-to-end features and products that help developers grow their business, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and performance.
What You'll Do
- Design, build, ship, and support end-to-end features and products for developers.
- Scope and work on projects self-sufficiently.
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to testing and visibility to improve codebase reliability and quality.
- Review code, create proposals, and contribute to architectural discussions.
- Contribute to the team roadmap and technical direction.
- Ship major products or features.
- Debug complex issues across all major system components.
- Spec and architect medium-large projects, gather feedback, and design validation and rollout plans.
- Mentor other engineers joining the team.
- Influence the org to improve general reliability, scalability, and performance.
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of experience working as a software engineer designing and maintaining complex, large, and growing systems.
- Comfortable writing and debugging SQL.
- Love debugging and finding the root cause of production issues.
- Love shipping good products.
- Excellent command of at least one of the mainstream programming languages.
- Know how to ship high quality code using good testing practices in iterative cycles.
- Collaborate well with others and can communicate effectively in a fully-remote culture.
- Proactive. When you see something broken, you jump on it to fix it or suggest improvements.
- Versatile and a fast learner.
Nice to Have
- Experience in Python.
- Experience in PostgreSQL.
- Experience building SDKs.
- Shipped a mobile app with in-app purchases.
- Some experience with React and SPA applications.
Technical Stack
- Python
- PostgreSQL
- React
Team & Environment
The engineering team operates within a remote-first crew of 100+.
Benefits & Compensation
- 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 and $1,000 USD annual stipend for continuous learning.
Work Mode
This is a fully remote position.
