Rye is hiring a
Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Senior or Staff Backend Engineer at Rye, a company that provides APIs for online commerce. The role involves developing features, building infrastructure to integrate with external platforms, maintaining high-quality APIs, writing documentation, and working independently within a remote team. The candidate should have 5+ years of backend engineering experience, proficiency in TypeScript and Node.js, experience with GraphQL API and gRPC backend system, excellent communication skills, growth mindset, and ability to work independently under tight timelines.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in backend engineering, with some experience working in a fast-paced startup environment

Responsibilities

• Develop features and build infrastructure to integrate with external platforms like Amazon, Shopify, WooCommerce, and BigCommerce
• Build and maintain high-quality APIs for eCommerce, focusing on tracking orders, order placement, returns, and search engines
• Stand up new infrastructure on GCP, Netlify, etc
• Write high-quality documentation for our developer customers

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in TypeScript and Node.js is highly desirable (or similar)
• Experience building systems with a GraphQL API and a gRPC backend system

Benefits

• $160 - $200k salary + substantial equity in a $14M seed-stage startup
• 100% remote team
• Unlimited PTO
• Amazing health benefits + a monthly wellness allowance
• All expenses paid team offsites