# Senior Backend Engineer at HackerRank

- Company: HackerRank
- What the company does: Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: http://hackerrank.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Hybrid in Santa Clara, CA
- Work setup: Hybrid
- Pay: $150K to $172K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-03-26
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/hackerrank/jobs/7729208
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/hackerrank-senior-backend-engineer/

## About the role

Every day, millions of developers use HackerRank to prove their skills. We're looking for a Senior Backend Software Development Engineer who can drive the technical direction of critical backend systems and lead the delivery of high-impact, platform-level initiatives. You will own the architecture and evolution of core backend services, mentor engineers across teams, and be a key technical decision-maker ensuring our platform remains fast, reliable, and scalable as we grow our global user base.

## What they're looking for

- Senior backend engineer with 3-6 years of experience building and operating production backend systems at scale
- Expert in at least one modern backend programming language (e.g., Python, Ruby, Go, Java, or Node.js) with strong fundamentals across the stack
- Proven ability to design and build distributed systems — you've made meaningful architectural decisions around service decomposition, data consistency, fault tolerance, and observability
- Deep expertise with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL stores, including schema design, query optimization, and data modeling for high-throughput workloads
- Strong understanding of caching strategies (Redis/Memcached), asynchronous messaging (Kafka/RabbitMQ), and event-driven architectures
- Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code practices

Tags: Engineering