VRChat

Senior / Staff Backend Engineer (API) – Economy

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6 months ago
Remote, United StatesSenior / Staff+
H1B sponsor

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement scalable backend services using Node.js and TypeScript.
  • Build and evolve systems for subscriptions, marketplaces, digital ownership, wallets, entitlements, creator payouts, payments, and economic analytics.
  • Ensure transactional integrity, reconciliation accuracy, reporting integrity, and traceability across economic systems.
  • Own services end-to-end through development, deployment, monitoring, and production support.
  • Lead architectural initiatives, refactors, and technical strategy across the economy stack.
  • Improve performance, observability, monitoring, incident response, operational resilience, CI/CD reliability, and release safety.
  • Contribute to fraud detection and prevention systems and external payment integrations.
  • Partner with Product, Design, Data, Finance, Trust & Safety, Infrastructure, and engineering teams.
  • Mentor engineers and influence cross-team design decisions and technical standards.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of backend engineering experience in SaaS, fintech, marketplaces, or online platforms.
  • Deep proficiency with Node.js and TypeScript.
  • Strong experience with relational and non-relational databases including MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis.
  • Experience with message queues, caching strategies, WebSocket systems, and external payment or fintech integrations.
  • Experience with profiling, optimization, observability, complex evolving codebases, and high-throughput or event-driven transactional systems.
  • Experience operating under PCI DSS, GDPR, and PII requirements.
  • Experience building subscription engines, marketplaces, accounting systems, or invoicing workflows.
  • Familiarity with AWS, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code.
  • Staff-level candidates should have credible experience designing and operating financial or high-integrity transactional systems at scale and leading cross-team architecture initiatives.
  • Bonus qualifications include integrations with Steam, Oculus, Apple, or Google Play payment systems; large-scale refactors or migrations; internal operational tooling; creator-facing systems; and full-stack development.

Benefits

  • 100% remote work from anywhere.
  • Flexible working hours with core collaboration overlap.
  • Health benefits.
  • 401(k) for US employees and Group RRSP for Canadian employees.
  • Stock options.
  • Generous paid holiday schedule.
  • Unlimited or flexible vacation time.
  • Paid parental leave.

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About VRChat

51-200 employees
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