Senior Software Engineer, Backend

About the Position

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Software Engineer, Backend to join our Engineering team at Bubble. This role is fully remote and open to candidates authorized to work in the U.S. Our team is based in NYC and works Eastern Time.

Responsibilities

In this role, you’ll:

• Implement the Bubble infrastructure that can scale to infinitely many apps of any size and complexity
• Improve performance and reliability across all backend services to scale our efficiency, capacity management, and data tier
• Design and implement observability across core parts of the system, define and implement SLOs, and work on an observability platform that exposes performance characteristics to end users
• Support billions of requests across a platform that supports arbitrary end user applications by designing, building, and iterating on core backbone services
• Build the workflow engine and scale the data tier to ensure reliability and scalability, supporting high-volume ingest, export, and workflows for diverse direct-to-consumer applications
• Build our next-generation cloud infrastructure, enhancing reliability, scalability, and availability, along with the foundational services and tools required to support it
• Participate in our triage and on-call process (along with the rest of the engineering team) to quickly diagnose and resolve issues, and implement the changes that will stop their recurrence

Requirements

• Current senior engineer, or highly experienced engineer with 5+ years of experience in software development
• Understanding and hands-on experience with scalable distributed systems, including proficiency in languages and tools such as Node.js, Rust, PostgreSQL, Kafka, and Terraform (AWS experience is a plus)
• Strong problem-solving skills with a track record of implementing and supporting solutions that scale to complex and high-traffic applications
• Excellent communication skills to effectively partner with teammates and managers, and the ability to commit to and execute priorities
• Commitment to improving performance and reliability across backend services, including participation in on-call processes to quickly diagnose and resolve issues

We Offer

• Competitive compensation aligned to tier one markets, ranging from $183,000 to $237,000 per year
• Comprehensive health coverage
• 401(k) matching
• Wellness and work enablement stipends
• Generous PTO
• A Sabbatical program

About the Company

Bubble is the only fully visual AI app builder that lets you go beyond prototypes and launch real apps to real users. With over 6 million users in more than 100 countries, Bubble is breaking down the barriers to entrepreneurship and innovation worldwide.

Our AI visual development platform lets anyone, from first-time entrepreneurs to enterprise teams, take an idea from prompt to fully-functional, scalable app across web, iOS, and Android. We are on a mission to empower everyone to create software.

Our Tech Stack:

• Frontend: Typescript, SolidJS, React Native
• Backend: Typescript, Node.js, Rust
• AI/ML: Python, LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.), LangChain
• Infrastructure: AWS, CDK / Terraform, ECS, Redis, Postgres
• Data & AI Workflows: JSON-based app representations, proprietary datasets

Join Us!

Let’s democratize access to technology together! If this sounds like you, apply! If you don’t meet all of the qualifications but think you could be a match, we’d still love the chance to review your application. At Bubble, we encourage people from all ages, abilities, and experiences to apply. Bubble does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or caregiver status, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Perhaps this job doesn't fit your background? Join our talent community!