Backend Engineer, Core Platform
LapelCustomer Operations company
San Francisco, United StatesSenior
Y Combinator
Soma Capital
Batch Ventures (California)
Coughdrop Capital
Sierra Ventures
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Build and maintain the core platform for Lapel's data and workflow systems.
- •You'll own the data and workflow systems that power Lapel: how we sync, parse, store, transform, permission, and retrieve information from the external systems our customers rely on to serve their customers.
- •Key Responsibilities Contribute to our integration framework for how external systems authenticate, sync data, transform records, subscribe to events, and expose actions Building permissioning infrastructure that keeps customer data isolated, secure, and correctly scoped across integrations, APIs, agents, and product surfaces Designing event and subscription systems that let internal services, external integrations, and workflows react to changes across the platform Building workflow infrastructure for long-running jobs, retries, orchestration, backfills, customer-specific automations, and agent-driven actions Building the platform APIs, services, and abstractions that let product engineers move faster without re-solving data, permissions, or workflow problems each time.
- •Requirements Have 5+ years of backend or software engineering experience, with a track record of building and scaling platform systems Have owned large-scale, enterprise products end-to-end Are comfortable designing APIs, working with databases, and building reliable data and workflow systems Have experience with integrations, permissions, event-driven systems, or long-running jobs Understand system design, scalability, security, and reliability at a practical level Are customer-focused and able to translate product and integration needs into durable platform infrastructure Enjoy working in fast-paced environments with high ownership and autonomy Are proactive, detail-oriented, and take pride in building high-quality systems
Required skills
Node.jsPostgreSQLTypeScript
Nice-to-have skills
ReactViteTailwind
Benefits & perks
Competitive salary, Equity, Health insurance, Generous time off, Office perks, Team culture
Tech stack
TypeScriptReactViteTailwindNode.jsPostgreSQL