5 months ago
Base Salary
$250k - $300k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own backend architecture across multiple services and team boundaries from design through implementation.
- Write production code daily and establish standards for quality, reliability, and engineering practices.
- Partner with engineering leads and product managers to scope large initiatives and define completion criteria.
- Improve platform scalability, performance, and reliability as the product grows.
- Identify and resolve technical debt across teams.
- Build security and observability into systems from the outset.
- Develop instrumentation, pipelines, and tooling that generate meaningful insights for organizers and the business.
- Mentor engineers across levels through design discussions, reviews, and direct coaching.
- Participate in technical interviews and hiring calibration.
Requirements
- 8+ years of backend engineering experience, including experience as a Staff, Principal, or technical lead.
- Experience designing and delivering systems spanning multiple services or teams with clear ownership of outcomes.
- Deep expertise in backend systems, APIs, data modeling, distributed systems, and event-driven architecture, with strong full-stack working knowledge.
- Proficiency with relevant technologies such as Java, Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and AWS or similar cloud providers.
- Experience scaling production platforms operationally, handling incidents, and evolving architecture under load.
- Ability to evaluate technology tradeoffs and communicate them clearly to technical and business stakeholders.
- Experience mentoring engineers and raising engineering standards.
- Experience at a consumer, social, or marketplace company is a plus.
- Include links to a GitHub profile or portfolio of past projects when applying.
Benefits
- In-person role at Posh’s New York City office in SoHo.
Tech Stack
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About Posh
Posh builds an events marketplace and ticketing platform for organizers and attendees, centered on nightlife and IRL communities. Organizers use it to create event pages, manage guest lists, sell tickets, and promote experiences; consumers discover and buy access via web and mobile apps. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in New York, the privately held company supports everything from intimate gatherings to large-scale parties and festivals.