Senior Backend Developer

Role Description

We’re growing our dev team and looking for a Senior Backend Developer to own and scale the systems powering Hallow. You’ll lead high-impact projects, design reliable and scalable architecture, and help us move quickly while maintaining quality as we continue to grow.

What You'll Do

• Design and implement scalable, reliable APIs and backend services that power our mobile apps and content platform.
• Lead initiatives from ideation through deployment, making strong technical decisions and ensuring successful delivery.
• Evolve our architecture to handle growth—optimize performance, reliability, and global scalability.
• Build systems and tooling that empower content, community, and support teams to operate efficiently.
• Identify opportunities to improve systems, reduce tech debt, and enhance developer experience.
• Use AI tools to accelerate development, debugging, and iteration while maintaining high quality and strong engineering judgment.

What You'll Love

• Mission: This work is incredibly humbling. Every day we get amazing stories and get the pleasure of working on something that impacts lives.
• Ownership: You’ll be a massive part of our growth, seeing your work touch thousands of lives around the world.
• Growth: From day 1, you’ll be a part of the startup journey, helping to build out features and functionality for our users in our Android app.
• Flexibility: HQ is in Chicago, but we are completely flexible on location within the United States and Canada.
• Comp: We will pay competitive market rates in terms of equity, cash, & benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building backend systems (NodeJS/TypeScript preferred).
• Strong experience designing scalable, reliable systems.
• Deep understanding of APIs, databases, and system architecture.
• Experience with SQL (MySQL), AWS, and distributed systems.

Requirements

• Proven ability to lead projects end-to-end, take initiative, and solve ambiguous problems.
• Strong ability to make tradeoffs between speed, quality, and scalability.
• Clear communicator who works well cross-functionally and elevates teammates through mentorship and feedback.
• Comfortable leveraging AI tools to increase development velocity while maintaining high standards for code quality and system design.
• High attention to detail and a drive to build high-quality products that stand out.

Benefits

• $140,000 - $185,000 USD per year (cash compensation).
• Equity compensation for full-time employees in the US.
• Top-tier benefits package including unlimited PTO, insurance, remote-flexible work, fully paid parental leave, 401(k) match.
• Stipends for spiritual development, health & wellness, home-office, and learning.
• Eligibility for a discretionary bonus at the end of each fiscal year.