HockeyStack - Team Lead Backend Engineer (Core Applications)
Requirements
• Ownership-first mindset — you take initiative, move fast, and figure things out • Thrive in early-stage, high-urgency environments where speed and impact matter • Fully committed to working in-person 5 days/week at our SF HQ • Curious, self-aware, and feedback-driven — you bring energy, not ego • See this role as a defining chapter — not a stepping stone or side quest • 5+ years of backend engineering experience, ideally with exposure to high-scale systems. • Deep experience with modern backend stacks – we use Node.js, ClickHouse and AWS • Strong understanding of API design principles, query optimization, and distributed systems. • You’ve worked with large-scale data systems (think TBs of data) and know how to manage performance, cost, and uptime at scale. • Startup mindset – you move fast, figure things out, and don’t wait to be told what to do. • Comfortable owning ambiguity – you define the problem, architect the solution, and ship the result.
Responsibilities
• Lead the design and development of APIs that expose GTM data to internal and external users. • Own end-to-end architecture for large-scale data access patterns, optimizing for performance, cost, and reliability. • Collaborate closely with AI, data, and frontend teams to ensure seamless integrations and clean API contracts. • Tackle complex problems like versioning, rate-limiting, auth, query complexity, and cache invalidation across a fast-evolving product surface. • Build internal tooling to improve engineering velocity and observability for our backend systems. • Drive engineering best practices, code quality, and testing in a fast-paced, high-output environment. • Mentor engineers and set the technical direction for the team.
Benefits
• Who is or was your most recent employer? • Why are you interested in working at HockeyStack? • Provide an example from your professional experience that reflects one or more of our cultural values, which are listed on our Careers page. • Submit Application
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