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HockeyStack · 3 days ago

Team Lead Backend Engineer (Data/API team)

positionSan Francisco, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$200K/yr - $240K/yr
date5+ years exp

HockeyStack is an Applied AI company focused on automating sales, marketing, and customer success for B2B companies. As the Backend Tech Lead on the Data API team, you will architect and scale core API infrastructure, delivering high-availability APIs that provide deep buyer insights for internal applications and customer-facing dashboards.

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Responsibilities

Lead the design and development of APIs that expose GTM data to internal and external users
Own end-to-end architecture for large-scale data access patterns, optimizing for performance, cost, and reliability
Collaborate closely with AI, data, and frontend teams to ensure seamless integrations and clean API contracts
Tackle complex problems like versioning, rate-limiting, auth, query complexity, and cache invalidation across a fast-evolving product surface
Build internal tooling to improve engineering velocity and observability for our backend systems
Drive engineering best practices, code quality, and testing in a fast-paced, high-output environment
Mentor engineers and set the technical direction for the team

Qualification

Backend engineeringAPI designNode.jsAWSClickHouseDistributed systemsLarge-scale data systemsMentoringProblem-solvingTeam collaboration

Required

5+ years of backend engineering experience, ideally with exposure to high-scale systems
Deep experience with modern backend stacks – we use Node.js, ClickHouse and AWS
Strong understanding of API design principles, query optimization, and distributed systems
You've worked with large-scale data systems (think TBs of data) and know how to manage performance, cost, and uptime at scale
Ownership-first mindset — you take initiative, move fast, and figure things out
Thrive in early-stage, high-urgency environments where speed and impact matter
Fully committed to working in-person 5 days/week at our SF HQ
Curious, self-aware, and feedback-driven — you bring energy, not ego
See this role as a defining chapter — not a stepping stone or side quest
Startup mindset – you move fast, figure things out, and don't wait to be told what to do
Comfortable owning ambiguity – you define the problem, architect the solution, and ship the result

Company

HockeyStack

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HockeyStack is the command center for B2B revenue teams that provides modern attribution, unified buyer journeys, and account insights.
dateFounded in 2021
location
Middletown, Delaware, USA
people-size51-200 employees
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https://hockeystack.com

H1B Sponsorship

HockeyStack has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (3)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$29.2M
Key Investors
Bessemer Venture PartnersGeneral CatalystY Combinator
2025-01-28Series A· $26M
2023-11-15Seed· $2.7M
2023-05-03Seed· $0.5M

Leadership Team

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Buğra Gündüz
Co-Founder & CEO
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Arda Bulut
Co-Founder and CTO
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