We invite you to join the Greycroft Talent Network

companies
Jobs

Backend Engineer

Discz

Discz

Software Engineering
New York, NY, USA
USD 100k-200k / year + Equity
Posted on May 16, 2025

What you’ll do

  • Work with founders, design and iOS engineers to bring product ideas to life
  • Design, build, and maintain scalable APIs and backend services that power our core platform
  • Maintain and optimize infrastructure to scale as our user base grows
  • Participate in technical architecture discussions, and set engineering excellence standards that will shape the engineering org for years to come
  • Engage in our app / slack to gather feedback, resolve bugs and maintain a world class experience for our users

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience building backend systems at scale
  • Technical excellence: can confidently architect a solution, work through complex technical challenges and collaborate with other teammates to deliver something from zero to production
  • Product sense: Ability to reason through trade-offs between eng complexity, product scope, and quality to build quickly but maintain world class feel
  • Versatility: Strong problem-solving skills and ability to adapt to different technical situations that arise by learning new skills, solving complex problems, taking on different hats etc.
  • Communication: Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally
  • Passion: You thrive in fast paced environments, and love taking ownership to drive projects from ideation, to coding and then production at a lightning pace

Ideal Candidate

  • Proficiency in Python (experience with Django preferred)
  • Experience with AWS specifically ECS, CDK, RDS, S3
  • Deep understanding of infrastructure concepts including queuing systems, database architecture, caching, edge networks, container orchestration, etc.
  • Strong understanding of CI/CD
  • Cares about improving developer experience
  • Understanding of social media platforms and content recommendation systems
  • Passion for engineering that extends past your 9-5 job

Our Stack

  • Backend: Python/Django
  • Database: PostgreSQL
  • Cache & Queue: Redis, Celery
  • Infrastructure: AWS
  • API: GraphQL, REST

What We Offer

  • $100-200K annual salary + equity
  • $200/month fitness stipend
  • $250/quarter concert stipend
  • Hybrid work environment: 4 days in our Soho NYC office, 1 day remote per week
  • Catered office lunches on Tuesdays
  • Opportunity to shape a platform that will reach millions of users
  • Professional growth and development opportunities
  • Work directly with founders