Senior Backend Engineer

Bandana has grown to over a million monthly active users since October 2023, fields jobs for thousands of employers and is investing heavily into building the best job search and career platform for blue collar workers. We’re building out our team to improve our product and lay a solid foundation for Bandana to begin tackling major initiatives like launching AI-driven job applications, mock interviewing, a best-in-class ATS (applicant tracking system), and the most powerful job search experience in the world.

As a senior backend engineer, you’ll be responsible for leading engineering efforts across both our job-seeker and company experiences. You’ll be responsible for driving best practices, shaping technical vision and system architecture, and setting the engineering culture that drives Bandana’s product and mission forward.

esponsibilitiesD

• evelop major products like AI-driven job applications, a best-in-class search experience, and career progression toolsD
• efine and drive the long-term architecture and technical direction of backend systems while working with the team to develop best practices along the way.B
• uild and maintain core infrastructure — CI/CD, observability, compute, and service frameworks — that power all engineering teams.W
• ork with the rest of the Bandana team to understand user needs and drive product features to address themY

u might be a good fit if you…Ha

• ve 7+ years of experience in softwareHa
• ve production experience with TypeScript, Node.js, Next.js, Prisma ORM, and PostgresHa
• ve extensive experience developing high-scale, production-ready backend APIs and async event-driven servicesAr
• e highly proficient with cloud production environments and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, etc)Ha
• ve a history of mentoring engineers and contributing to team growthAr
• e well versed with infrastructure as codeCo
• mmunicate clearly, and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where you balance strategy and executionSt

ong candidates may also:Hav

• e worked extensively with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)Hav
• e led multi-team platform initiatives or owned company-wide developer infrastructureHav
• e contributed to internal or open-source platform tooling (e.g., CI/CD frameworks, service scaffolding)Hav
• e experience working with job-seeking or hiring platformsHav
• e experience with agentic AI systems, especially if you have developed multiagent/federated systems or implemented robustness monitoring and observabilityInt

rview ProcessIntr

1. o: 30min chat and overview of Bandana with our recruiting teamTech
2. nical screen: 60min technical exercise with a member of our engineering teamData
3. base design: 60min interview with a member of our engineering teamOnsi
4. te Loop: A full day with the Bandana team. You’ll have five 1 hour sessions + lunch on usSyst

• em DesignTech
• nical codingPers
• onal experienceProd
• uct and design collaborationCoff
• ee chat w/ CEOPay

nd Benefits Ba

se compensation: $190,000 - $235,000 USD Eq

uit y: Dependent on experience and performance Me

dical, dental, vision Un

limited PTO G

ym membership at VITAL, Citi Bike membership Re

location package if needed