Sr. Software Engineer

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New York / $190000 - $210000 annum

INFO

Salary

SALARY:

$190000 - $210000

Location

LOCATION

New York

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

Senior Backend Engineer (API Platform)

Location: New York City, NY (Hybrid)

Pay: $190,000 - $210,000 Base Salary + Equity

About the Role

A fast-growing consumer technology company is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to lead the development of a mission-critical external API platform that powers partner integrations and transactional booking experiences. This individual will play a key role in designing scalable backend systems, owning API strategy, and building the foundation for future integrations and automation capabilities.
This is a highly visible, hands-on engineering role with significant ownership over architecture, data modeling, and platform design. The position offers a path toward Staff-level growth through technical impact and leadership.

Responsibilities:

  • Design, build, and maintain external APIs used by strategic partners and automated systems.
  • Own API architecture, data modeling, and backend technical decisions.
  • Develop scalable transactional systems supporting bookings, inventory, modifications, and cancellations.
  • Create reusable integration patterns and frameworks for partner connectivity.
  • Collaborate closely with senior engineering leadership on platform architecture.
  • Build highly available and reliable backend services on AWS.
  • Improve platform performance, observability, and operational excellence.
  • Contribute to long-term engineering strategy and system scalability.

Must Have Qualifications:

  • 6+ years of backend, platform, or software engineering experience.
  • Proven experience designing and shipping production-grade transactional systems.
  • Strong experience building APIs, integrations, or platform services.
  • Experience with distributed systems and cloud-based architectures.
  • Hands-on development experience with backend technologies such as Ruby, Java, Python, Go, C#, or similar.
  • Experience working with databases and scalable backend infrastructure.

CONTACT

Bekim Doçaj

Principal Recruitment Consultant

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