Senior Software Engineer, Backend

The Role

RocketReach is in a period of rapid growth and we are looking for a strong Senior Software Engineer to join our growing engineering team!

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you are responsible for owning mission-critical applications end-to-end. You will work collaboratively with the team to build services that power RocketReach’s third-party integrations platform, Enterprise API, and AI-driven automation capabilities.

We Are Looking For People Who

• Have deep experience architecting and working on complex web-based applications across the stack
• Are highly skilled in the following or similar technologies: Python, Linux, PostgreSQL, AWS
• Write clean, non-repetitive, well-tested code that can scale to millions of requests per hour
• Are product-driven and enjoy collaborating with a cross-functional team to bring value to customers
• Are curious, unafraid to ask questions, and have strong communication skills
• Like autonomy and function well in low-control/high-uncertainty environments
• Feel confident with the ability to lead projects and own products end-to-end with the team
• Care about working with talented, low-ego, overall good people
• Embrace continuous delivery by deploying code early and often to create ongoing value for customers

What You Get to Do

• Design and develop new product features that will benefit millions of RocketReach customers
• Iterate on existing functionality to ensure the greatest level of adoption, customer satisfaction, and growth across the product
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Analytics, and Engineering teams to build well-designed and scalable solutions that meet the needs of our users
• Work across the stack, including backend services, cloud-based infrastructure, databases, and third-party partner APIs
• Mentor engineers on your immediate team to establish best practices and standards throughout the code base
• Create monitoring and observability capabilities to maintain high levels of performance and uptime for the products that you support