Senior Backend Engineer

Skip to main content Senior Backend Engineer Bandana Brooklyn, NY Apply Senior Backend Engineer Bandana Brooklyn, NY 3 months ago Over 200 applicants See who Bandana has hired for this role Apply Save Report this job Bandana provided pay range This range is provided by Bandana. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more. Base pay range $180,000.00/yr - $200,000.00/yr Direct message the job poster from Bandana Brenton D. Brenton D. Head of Engineering at Bandana Bandana has grown to over a million monthly active users since October 2023, fields jobs for thousands of employers and is investing heavily into building the best job search and career platform for blue collar workers. We’re building out our team to improve our product and lay a solid foundation for Bandana to begin tackling major initiatives like launching AI-driven job applications, mock interviewing, a best-in-class ATS (applicant tracking system), and the most powerful job search experience in the world.As a senior backend engineer, you’ll be responsible for leading engineering efforts across both our job-seeker and company experiences. You’ll be responsible for driving best practices, shaping technical vision and system architecture, and setting the engineering culture that drives Bandana’s product and mission forward.ResponsibilitiesDevelop major products like AI-driven job applications, a best-in-class search experience, and career progression toolsDefine and drive the long-term architecture and technical direction of backend systems while working with the team to develop best practices along the way.Build and maintain core infrastructure — CI/CD, observability, compute, and service frameworks — that power all engineering teams.Work with the rest of the Bandana team to understand user needs and drive product features to address themYou might be a good fit if you…Have 7+ years of experience in softwareHave production experience with TypeScript, Node.js, Next.js, Prisma ORM, and PostgresHave extensive experience developing high-scale, production-ready backend APIs and async event-driven servicesAre highly proficient with cloud production environments and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, etc)Have a history of mentoring engineers and contributing to team growthAre well versed with infrastructure as codeCommunicate clearly, and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where you balance strategy and executionStrong candidates may also:Have worked extensively with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)Have led multi-team platform initiatives or owned company-wide developer infrastructureHave contributed to internal or open-source platform tooling (e.g., CI/CD frameworks, service scaffolding)Have experience working with job-seeking or hiring platformsHave experience with agentic AI systems, especially if you have developed multiagent/federated systems or implemented robustness monitoring and observabilityInterview ProcessIntro: 30min chat and overview of Bandana with our recruiting teamTechnical screen: 60min technical exercise with a member of our engineering teamDatabase design: 60min interview with a member of our engineering teamOnsite...