Medal · 12 hours ago
Senior/Lead Backend Engineer
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$180K/yr - $275K/yr
5+ years expMedal is the world’s largest and fastest-growing platform for gaming clips, where millions of gamers capture, share, and relive their best moments. They are seeking a Senior or Lead Backend Engineer to help scale and evolve their backend infrastructure, working closely with product, infra, and data teams to design and build highly scalable systems that impact millions of users.
GamingOnline GamesVideo GamesVideo Streaming
Responsibilities
Design and develop backend systems and REST APIs that serve millions of users and billions of clips
Own features end-to-end: from design and architecture through implementation and deployment
Work closely with cross-functional teams across product, ML, and mobile to build cohesive experiences
Scale our systems to support growth in users, content volume, and features
Lead engineering projects, drive architectural decisions, and mentor junior and mid-level backend engineers
Help maintain our cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines
Optimize databases, APIs, and services for performance, scalability, and cost
Contribute to technical strategy, roadmap, and team-wide best practices
Qualification
Required
5+ years of backend engineering experience, with significant time in production environments
Strong proficiency in Java and hands-on experience building scalable microservices
Deep understanding of RESTful API design and distributed systems
Experience with relational databases like MySQL or PostgreSQL (including performance tuning and schema design)
Experience building systems that handle thousands of requests per second
Comfort with cloud infrastructure (GCP or AWS preferred), CI/CD, and infrastructure as code
Strong grasp of system design, architectural patterns, and security best practices
Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to drive cross-team projects
Preferred
Experience with Redis, RabbitMQ, or other message brokers and caching systems
Familiarity with Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, and modern DevOps practices
Experience with observability tools and performance monitoring
Exposure to ElasticSearch, BigQuery, or other data warehouse tools
Contributions to open-source projects
A passion for games and gaming communities
Benefits
Competitive salary and meaningful equity
Comprehensive health insurance including dental and vision insurance
401k
Company
Medal
Medal is a developer of a short-form gaming video clips platform to share digital game clips and highlights with gamers.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$85.5MKey Investors
OMERS VenturesMakers FundHorizons Ventures
2024-07-11Series Unknown· $13M
2021-12-14Series C· $45M
2020-01-01Series B· $15M
Leadership Team
Iggy Harmsen
Product
J
Joshua Lipson
Chief Architect
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