Senior Software Engineer (Backend, Core)

1 month ago

Boston, MA, USASenior

H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$150k - $215k/yr

Responsibilities

Lead the design and implementation of foundational backend capabilities that improve scalability, reliability, and developer productivity.
Drive technical planning for complex initiatives by defining scope, sequencing work, identifying risks, and communicating tradeoffs.
Deliver platform capabilities while balancing technical quality, business priorities, and data-informed engineering decisions.
Establish backend engineering standards through architecture discussions, code reviews, documentation, and technical leadership.
Mentor engineers through coaching, feedback, and knowledge sharing.
Collaborate with engineering, product management, design, data science, and performance science partners.

Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical initiatives, influence engineering direction, and mentor engineers.
Deep backend development expertise, including Java, API design, distributed systems, and relational databases such as Postgres.
Experience designing scalable, reliable, and observable systems using cloud-native and event-driven architectures such as Kafka or SQS.
Strong engineering judgment and experience balancing technical quality, business priorities, and long-term maintainability.
Experience writing well-tested, maintainable software and establishing engineering best practices through technical leadership.
Excellent collaboration and communication skills with technical and non-technical partners.
Enthusiasm for leveraging AI tools while maintaining high standards for quality and engineering excellence.
Experience building shared platform capabilities or contributing across mobile and backend is a bonus.

The role is based in WHOOP’s Boston, Massachusetts office, and successful candidates must be prepared to relocate if necessary.
WHOOP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify.

501-1,000 employees

Solving problems that sit at a unique intersection of hardware, tech, health, fitness and design.