Senior Backend Engineer

Who we are:

Clerk Chat’s mission is to make the businesses conversational. We are achieving this by building the leading messaging application, integrating AI where it matters and crafting our own telecom infrastructure. It’s big and bold and needs spirited adventurers to join our growing team.

We’ve built Clerk Chat organically to a profitable business over the last 2 years. We’re a team that believes in achieving your highest potential but not at the expense of work-life balance. That’s why we have mandated vacation time, healthy quarterly bonuses and creative freedom at the forefront. We’re Silicon Valley-based entrepreneurs that have sold companies, gone through HF0, build teams at Lucasfilms, Samsung, Netflix and DocuSign and Series B+ Startups.

Who you are:

As a backend engineer, you are the mastermind behind the scenes, crafting the invisible foundation that powers digital world with precision and creativity. You love technology and its ability to change the world. You care deeply about code quality and getting the little things right. From managing databases to deploying cloud services, you ensure the seamless flow of data, making customer experience smooth and efficient.

What You Will Do:

• Get in on the ground floor and help architect our platform powered by the latest technologies.
• Translate product direction into functional code
• Optimize back-end for performance
• Work with people who care deeply about quality code
• Make fundamental architectural decisions
• Learn new things and mentor others

What You Will Need:

• 5+ years of experience working at fast-paced start-ups
• Empathy
• Solid communication and responsiveness skills
• A drive for exploration, quick learning, and attention to detail
• Expert knowledge of Typescript
• Experience with modern JS libraries and frameworks
• Practical knowledge of testing, continuous delivery, and version control systems
• Ability to work autonomously and finding a way out of being stuck
• Self-motivation and time management skills
• Excited to join our team in-office 5 days a week

We encourage all qualified candidates to apply! Our recruiting team will carefully review each resume, and we look forward to considering you for this opportunity.