Principal Software Engineer - Backend
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- Experience
- 10+ years required
- Where you can live
- US only
- Languages
- Polish
- Skills and tools
- social media, typescript, node.js, aws
- Job type
- Full-time
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Job details
- Where you can work
- United States
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Advertised pay
- $150K–200K/yr
- Experience
- 10+ years required
- Employer publication date
- 14 November 2022
- First recorded by Psst
- 12 October 2026
- Last checked at the source
- 10 November 2026
About the job
PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER - BACKEND
We’re looking for a Principal level Backend Engineer to help us build and polish the company.News [link for members] web/mobile applications.
- This role is Remote within the U.S.
- We are not able to sponsor visas at this time.
About us
Meet the company: A Social Platform for Real People, Real News, and Civil Conversations.
Remember when social media was fun, introduced you to big ideas and cool people, and actually made you smarter? Remember when it didn't waste your time and make you angry or sad? When you could disagree with someone without being threatened or insulted? We want to bring that back with the company.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Working alongside a small, scrappy, mission driven team.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify, prioritize, and implement new features and enhancements.
- Ownership of development end to end.
- Making an impact on an exciting new-comer to the online social space.
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance and scalable backend systems.
- Drive technical innovation and identify opportunities to improve our systems and processes.
What We’re Looking For
- 10+ years of experience in backend development.
- Proven experience in designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance and scalable backend systems.
- Strong knowledge of TypeScript, Node.js, Solid.js (Solid Start SSR), Postgres, AWS Serverless Architecture, Redshift, Redis, and Dynamo.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team..
Nice-To-Haves
- Start-up experience.
- Experience with social applications.
- Enterprise Social Networking experience.
A Little About Us
- Post is an extremely mission driven company.
- Enriching environment focused on diversity and inclusion.
- Post is still small and organizationally flat, meaning everyone is an individual contributor.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity.
- Unlimited PTO with 4 weeks recommended per year. Expect “Vacation?” in our one-on-one agenda until you start taking it 😅.
- Remote first. Unlimited co-working passes (e.g. WeWork) as needed.
- Top notch health insurance for you and your dependents, plus FSA, DCFSA, HSA, STD, LTD, basic life insurance coverage and free membership access to One Medical.
If this sounds like you, please apply below and tell us about yourself. We look forward to hearing from you!
The company’s success hinges on us hiring great people and creating an environment where we can be happy, feel challenged, and do our best work. We’re being deliberate about building that environment from the ground up. I hope that excites you enough to apply.
The company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.
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