Senior Backend Engineer, Arena Club
5 days a week in office (West Los Angeles, CA)
Sports card collecting tech for Web3
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Sports card collecting tech for Web3
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
5 days a week in office (West Los Angeles, CA)
21-100 employees
Company mission
To be the world's greatest destination for passionate collectors.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience as a professional backend engineer
- Strong proficiency in Node.js, TypeScript, and Postgres
- Proven experience building and scaling eCommerce or online marketplace platforms
- Passion for using the latest AI coding tools and AI-driven best practices to enhance development workflows
- Deep understanding of cloud platforms (AWS or GCP) and containerization/infrastructure-as-code tools (Docker, Terraform)
- Ability to move fast and iterate quickly in a startup environment while maintaining high code quality
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate technical trade-offs effectively
What the job involves
- Join our fast-growing startup in West Los Angeles as a Senior Backend Engineer and help build the backbone of our platform
- Design, build, and maintain scalable backend applications and APIs using Node.js, TypeScript, and Postgres
- Leverage AI-powered coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Tabnine) to improve development speed, code quality, and system reliability
- Architect and optimize systems for high scalability and performance as the business rapidly expands
- Implement third-party integrations and external APIs to enhance the platform’s capabilities
- Develop and maintain internal tools that support fulfillment operations, internal workflows, and machine learning initiatives
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, data, and frontend teams to ship high-impact features quickly
- Ensure backend systems are secure, well-documented, and thoroughly tested
- Languages & Frameworks: TypeScript, Node.js, Python
- Database: Postgres
- Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (S3, SQS, etc.) and/or GCP, Docker, Terraform
- AI Development Tools: AI-powered coding assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Tabnine), LLM-based development enhancements
Our take
Co-founded by baseball Hall of Fame awardee Derek Jeter, Arena Club was established in 2021 and certainly has a lot of publicity behind it within the sports community. Rightly so, following the trend of physical businesses moving to digital, Arena Club is transforming the way that trading cards are evaluated and traded within the hobby's community.
NFTs, on-chain valuations, and digital collector showrooms abound, Arena Club received substantial Series A funding in December 22 and will use it to grow its employees and add functionality to its platform.
Arena Club’s Beta success is thanks to the savvy melding of sports talent backing and machine learning technology, allowing for cards to be graded virtually for inclusion and sale on the website. The company is well set to see success, being set within a market estimated to grow by $6.7 billion between 2022 and 2026.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (1 round)
Dec 2022
$10m
SERIES A
Total funding: $10m
Company HQ
Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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Leadership
Brian Lee
(CEO)Currently Advisory Board Member at Lowell Milken Institute of Business Law and Policy, Founder at Shoedazzle.com, Co-Founder at LegalZoom.com. Previously Co-Founder and CEO at the Honest Company.
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