Pulley - Senior Backend Engineer, Core Product
Requirements
• 5+ years of backend engineering experience building production systems • Strong proficiency in Go • Solid understanding of database design, data modeling, and persistence best practices • Experience designing APIs and working closely with frontend teams • Strong product sense and ability to translate complex requirements into clean, maintainable systems • A collaborative mindset — you work well with product, design, and other engineers • Experience in fintech or other high-trust domains • Familiarity with equity management tools or legaltech systems
Responsibilities
• Build and maintain backend services, APIs, and data models that power new features and improvements across Pulley's core equity platform • Own end-to-end delivery of complex projects, from scoping technical approach through to production rollout • Work on our persistence layer — database schema design, migrations, and data integrity • Drive performance and reliability improvements across backend systems • Work closely with product, design, and other engineers to ship seamless user experiences • Mentor junior engineers on backend best practices and system design
Benefits
• We've moved beyond early-stage uncertainty - Our product has traction and we're building on a solid foundation, but we're still early enough in our journey where your work will directly shape the company's trajectory as we scale. • We've moved beyond early-stage uncertainty • Make it easier for anyone to start a company - Founders turn bold ideas into reality - building things that might not exist otherwise. Starting a company is hard enough. Managing equity shouldn't be. Pulley exists to make equity management simpler, smarter, and more accessible for founders from day one. • Make it easier for anyone to start a company • Work with a high-performing and passionate team - We value the concept of stunning colleagues and we're thoughtful about creating a team that is excited about building a great company together. Here are some traits that enable our team members to thrive: • Work with a high-performing and passionate team • First Principles Thinking - We believe in breaking down problems into their most basic parts, and that something is possible unless proven otherwise. We understand "why did certain things work?" and apply it to our situation. • First Principles Thinking • Ship It & Iterate - We value people who not only generate ideas but also do the work to bring them to life. Instead of fixating on outcomes, we focus on the inputs we can control and take our best bets. We move quickly to ship something, talk to users, get feedback, and iterate. • Ship It & Iterate • Boldly Honest & Aggressively Considerate - Being boldly honest means challenging each other to set and hit goals, and make the right strategic decisions on what to build. Being aggressively considerate means caring about one another as humans and speaking up with empathy so we can succeed together as a team. • Boldly Honest & Aggressively Considerate • Ego-less Learner - Everyday at Pulley, we're trying things that we've never done before - sometimes they work; sometimes they don't. It's important to embrace the mindset of a beginner - stay curious, open to feedback, and ready to learn and grow alongside the team. • Ego-less Learner • Competitive salary and equity • Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance • Unlimited PTO + Winter holiday break • Generous stipends for WFH, learning, wellness, and AI tools • 401(k) match (US) / Pension match (Canada) • Annual Salary Range: $180,000—$200,000 USD • The range above reflects the typical salary range for this role. The final offer will depend on factors such as your experience, interview performance, level, and other considerations assessed during the hiring process.
Apply in one click
Upload My Resume
Drop here or click to browse · Tap to choose · PDF, DOCX, DOC, RTF, TXT