Senior Manager of Backend Services

Job Summary

Leading a software engineering team, the full-time Senior Manager of Backend Services will design, build, and operate scalable GraphQL and REST APIs while ensuring high-quality backend services that support consumer-facing applications, with a flexible work arrangement available.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of scalable GraphQL services and RESTful APIs
• Hire, mentor, and develop a high-performing backend engineering team
• Own roadmap planning, prioritization, and execution for backend services

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of backend engineering experience
• 2+ years of engineering management experience leading software teams
• Strong experience designing and building GraphQL servers
• Deep knowledge of API design principles and schema modeling
• Experience with modern backend frameworks using Node.js or comparable