Hook Music - Backend Engineer (Product & APIs)

New York City, New York, United States4mo ago

In Office Mid NA Cloud Computing Backend Engineer Go Java Node.js TypeScript Python

Requirements

• 3+ years of backend engineering experience building production systems • Strong experience designing and maintaining RESTful or GraphQL APIs • Proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g., Node.js/TypeScript, Python, Go, or Java) • Experience working with relational databases (e.g., Postgres) and/or NoSQL systems • Strong understanding of system design, scalability, and performance optimization • Experience collaborating closely with frontend and product teams • Ability to write clean, maintainable, well-tested code • Experience building consumer-facing or social applications • Experience working with media systems (audio/video processing, storage, CDN) • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or similar) • Experience with event-driven systems or streaming architectures • Exposure to recommendation systems or AI-powered product features • Experience in high-growth startup environments

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs that power the Hook product • Partner closely with frontend engineers to define and implement clean, efficient API contracts • Architect systems that support high-throughput content creation, media processing, and social interactions • Optimize performance, reliability, and latency across core product flows • Contribute to database design, schema evolution, and data modeling decisions • Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting to ensure system health and observability • Participate in technical design discussions and help shape long-term backend architecture • Support experimentation and rapid iteration by building flexible, modular systems

Benefits

• Hook’s product experience depends on fast, reliable, and scalable backend systems. This role sits at the heart of how our app works — from powering content creation and discovery to enabling social interactions at scale. You’ll directly influence product velocity, system architecture, and the foundation that supports millions of creative interactions.