Lead Back-End Engineer
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BeatStars Inc.Music Technology
Remote US, 10 am-2 pm EST Monday through FridayFull-TimeLead
Salary192,000 - 248,500 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Required Skills
- AWSGraphQLGoCI/CDMentoring
Requirements
- 5+ years at a company shipping and supporting production applications for large-scale user bases
- Strong full-stack capabilities with expertise in backend systems, APIs, and infrastructure
- Proficiency in Go (Golang) with a track record of building production-grade systems
- Deep familiarity with AWS (ECS, RDS, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS)
- Experience building and working with GraphQL APIs in high-scale applications
- Strong architectural instincts and system design understanding
- Proven ability to write clean, maintainable, high-quality code
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience collaborating daily with Product teams
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
Responsibilities
- Serve as the technical lead for the Backend practice.
- Actively design, write, review, and ship production code — this is a hands-on leadership role.
- Define and document engineering standards, patterns, and best practices for your domain.
- Ensure code quality, scalability, and maintainability across the stack.
- Partner closely with Product to translate PRDs into clear technical execution plans.
- Audit existing systems and proactively identify opportunities to reduce tech debt.
- Establish processes for enforcing standards through code reviews, CI/CD, and documentation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to ship features predictably and reliably.
- Technical mentor to 3–5 engineers
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