Senior Backend Engineer

25 Mar 2026

The Role

You will own the backbone of 8club. From designing scalable APIs to architecting the infrastructure that powers invitations, social feeds, and real-time event data for millions of users — this is the most critical engineering hire we're making.

Why This Role Matters

8club's current stack was built to get to 200K users. The next phase demands fault-tolerant, horizontally scalable systems that can handle viral spikes when a sold-out event hits the platform. You are the person who makes that happen.

What You'll Do

Design and build scalable REST and GraphQL APIs serving the core 8club experience (invites, events, social feed, connections)
Own database architecture — schema design, query optimisation, and indexing strategies
Build reliable, observable systems with proper logging, alerting, and error handling
Collaborate closely with the frontend and AI engineers to ship full product features end-to-end
Lead code reviews, establish engineering standards, and mentor junior engineers
Drive infrastructure decisions: cloud provider choices, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment strategy
Ensure the platform stays up during high-traffic moments (event launches, viral moments)

What We're Looking For

4+ years of backend engineering experience with strong fundamentals in system design
Production experience with Python (FastAPI), or Go — and strong opinions about why
Deep understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred) and caching strategies (Redis)
Experience building and scaling APIs consumed by mobile clients at meaningful scale
Comfortable with cloud infrastructure — AWS, GCP, or equivalent
Strong grasp of authentication, security best practices, and data privacy
You have shipped things that real people use and broken things responsibly