Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Central/Eastern Time)
Rocketreach
- United States
- United States
Über
30.9 Million users
around the world use
RocketReach.co
. Some of the largest companies in the world - Apple, Google, Amazon, Adobe, Morgan Stanley, trust RocketReach to power their sales, recruitment, and marketing teams. We are scaling our
30.9 Million users
and our dataset of
700 million professionals
across
60 million companies. RocketReach is rare and unique; a startup that is in high-growth mode, already highly profitable, with a small team where you can make a gigantic impact. Started in 2016, the company was bootstrapped by its founders, focused on building a great product. Our Mission is to Connect
In a few short years, we’ve grown organically to become one the largest business info-services platforms and the de-facto productivity solution for sales and recruitment teams at companies of all sizes, worldwide. Our success lies in our culture, which is very much driven by our
core values: Down to Earth ~
Low-Ego: we are a uniquely humble group that values being low-ego more than anything, and we have a strict no asshole policy. One Rocket, One Crew
~ Collaborative: A team that can support each other, give and receive productive feedback, as well as coach and be coached is at the heart of our collaborative environment. Fueled by Data ~
Data-driven Decisions: Our decisioning is based on data, it is the currency on which we drive the business forward. Data is the Northstar of our product and our organization internally. Houston we have a Solution~
Solution-oriented: We are expert problem-solvers. Finding the right solution and the best possible way to get there together, is what our team strives for. The Role We’re looking for a
Backend Engineer
to join the
Core Data Team
who thrives in data-intensive environments and can build scalable systems. This role combines backend engineering and data infrastructure. You’ll work on systems that process large datasets, power APIs, and transport data reliably to customers. You should be comfortable operating with real production constraints—performance, cost, and imperfect data—and making sound engineering tradeoffs.
The salary range for this role is $170-200k
. Who You Are
A backend engineer who thrives in data-heavy, high-scale environments
Comfortable working with large datasets and complex data systems
Thoughtful and pragmatic when making engineering tradeoffs (performance, cost, reliability)
Collaborative and communicative, with experience working cross-functionally
Someone who enjoys solving problems at scale and building systems that are both efficient and reliable
Comfortable working in environments with imperfect data and evolving requirements
Skills We Are Looking For Required
Have 5+ years of professional backend engineering experience
Are located in the Central or Eastern time zones
Are proficient in Python
Have strong SQL skills
Have experience working with large datasets
Have experience building or maintaining data pipelines or backend systems at scale
Are familiar with REST API best practices
Have experience with ORMs (e.g., Django, SQLAlchemy)
Have experience with AWS services (Redshift, Fargate, S3, RDS, IAM, OpenSearch, DynamoDB)
Have strong communication and interpersonal skills
Desirable
Experience working in small, high-autonomy engineering teams
Experience with database performance tuning and maintenance (e.g., autovacuum, bloat control, transaction wraparound)
Experience in email verification systems
Familiarity with Terraform
Experience with workflow orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, AWS Step Functions)
Why Join Us?
Product and Engineering Driven:
We strongly believe the quality of our Product will set us apart from the competition. We have a Product-led culture, with our Founders as our first engineers. Low tech debt has allowed us to scale the business with an extremely high caliber team.
Profitable not "Profitable":
We're actually profitable. Unlike many other companies our size and age, we’re not burning through millions to generate $1000s in income. We are actually comfortably profitable, and actively investing that profit in order to continue to scale the business.
Data not egos:
Product at RocketReach is driven by agility and experimentation. Our decisioning is based on data, it is the currency on which we drive the business forward.
Close knit, distributed:
RocketReach has a small, but hyper productive team. We're spread around the globe, yet constantly in touch. Each role we hire has an immediate, outsized impact on the business.
Strong Leadership:
We have a genuine investment in our people and care that you are happy at work!
Benefits & Perks
Competitive Salary
401(k) matching
Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
Strong Leadership - we care that you are happy at work!
Investment in culture and resources for a distributed team
Incredible amount of autonomy
RocketReach is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, or protected veteran status.
Sprachkenntnisse
- English
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