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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Backend Engineer - **Company:** RevenueCat, Inc. - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Cloud Computing, Code Review, Software Debugging, Mobile Application Software, PostgreSQL, Data Logging, ReactJS - **Published:** July 15, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.builtincolorado.com/auth/login?destination=/job/senior-backend-engineer/7570758 ## About the Role * You have 5+ years of experience working as a software engineer designing and maintaining complex/large/growing systems. * You are comfortable writing and debugging SQL. * You love debugging and finding the root cause of production issues. * You love shipping good products. * You have excellent command of at least one of the mainstream programming languages. * You know how to ship high quality code using good testing practices in iterative cycles. * You collaborate well with others and can communicate effectively in a fully-remote culture. * You are proactive. When you see something broken, you jump on it to fix it or suggest improvements. * You are versatile and a fast learner. Bonus: * You have experience in Python. * You have experience in PostgreSQL. * You have experience building SDKs. * You have shipped a mobile app with in-app purchases. * You have some experience with React and SPA applications. ## Description * Meet frequently with your team and mentor to get up to speed. * Setup and familiarize yourself with repositories, task management, the dev environment. * Implement and ship your first project. * Familiarize yourself with the RevenueCat dashboards, logging, debugging tools, cloud providers, infrastructure management and general architecture. * Familiarize yourself with workflows and subscription business concepts. Within the first 3 months, you'll: * Be able to scope and work on projects self-sufficiently. * Learn the basics of incident response, and be part of the on-call rotation. * Participate in code reviews, and contribute in other ways (testing, visibility, etc.) to improve reliability and quality of the codebase. * Understand every product owned by your team. * Understand and improve many of the codebases that the team works with. Within the first 6 months, you'll: * Review code, create proposals, and contribute to architectural discussions. * Contribute to the team roadmap and technical direction. * Be an expert on a couple of your team's focus areas. * Have shipped a major product or feature. 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