Staff Software Engineer, AnyRoad

• Significant backend engineering experience, typically 6–10 years
• Experience designing APIs and systems that handle meaningful scale, such as high throughput, complex data, or reliability requirements
• Proficiency in one or more backend languages such as Ruby, Go, Python, Java, or Node.js
• Experience with relational databases like PostgreSQL and a strong understanding of data modeling
• Strong collaboration and communication skills with the ability to turn product goals into reliable systems
• Pragmatic mindset with comfort balancing speed and quality

Desirable

• We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to design and build the backend systems, APIs, and integrations that power AnyRoad’s platform. This includes bookings, memberships, analytics, and personalization for global brands and live artists
• You will work hands-on to deliver systems that directly support customer-facing features, connecting brands and performers with their audiences through experiences, live activations, and membership programs
• You will partner closely with product, frontend, and data teams to design systems that scale reliably and remain simple to use
• This is a technical and collaborative role with deep ownership
• You will bring strong judgment to when we should build, buy, or integrate, and help the team adopt modern AI-assisted development practices that improve quality and speed
• You’ll be part of a small, collaborative backend team that works closely with product and frontend engineers to deliver meaningful customer features. You’ll work with experienced engineers and a VP of Engineering who clears roadblocks and supports thoughtful technical decisions
• We value clarity over cleverness, test what matters, and ship incrementally and continuously to production
• Design and build backend systems, APIs, and integrations that power bookings, memberships, and personalization
• Collaborate with product and frontend teams to define clear API contracts and data models
• Deliver production-ready code that creates measurable customer value
• Improve observability and telemetry to help the team understand and optimize performance
• Evaluate and adopt new technologies that enhance development speed, quality, and maintainability
• Partner with peers to strengthen scalability, reliability, and developer experience
• Make thoughtful trade-offs between speed, scope, and quality
• In your first year, you will:
• Own architecture for one or two major initiatives that ship to production
• Help evolve our backend to support new markets such as live performances
• Improve observability from “good enough” to “confidence-inspiring.”
• Contribute to sustainable, repeatable engineering practices that help us ship with confidence
• What you might work on:
• Building flexible seating and event layout systems for live performances
• Developing a unified customer profile that powers personalized recommendations
• Architecting APIs and data pipelines that turn experience data into real-time insights
• Strengthening observability and alerting across production systems
• Creating frameworks and design patterns that help the team ship faster and more safely