WHOOP · 2 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer (Backend, Growth)
Boston, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$150K/yr - $210K/yrWHOOP is on a mission to unlock human performance and healthspan through their wearable technology. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will build backend services that impact business metrics and accelerate member growth, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful features.
Consumer ElectronicsFitnessSportsWearablesWellness
Responsibilities
Design and build scalable and reliable backend services to support growth experiments, e-commerce flows, and member engagement initiatives
Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and cross-functional Engineering teams to define and deliver impactful features
Maintain and optimize APIs and infrastructure using Java, Kafka, Postgres, and AWS technologies
Take ownership of end-to-end development, from breaking down requirements to implementation, testing, deployment, and monitoring
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the growth of engineering best practices across the team
Qualification
Required
Professional experience developing large-scale backend systems in a production environment
Deep proficiency in building and maintaining RESTful APIs and working with relational databases (e.g., Postgres)
Experience with event-driven architectures and tools like Kafka or SQS
Strong testing practices and clear documentation habits
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, iterative environment focused on growth and experimentation
Proven collaboration skills across engineering, product, and data teams
A growth mindset and excitement for tackling ambiguous challenges
Preferred
Experience building A/B testing infrastructure or growth-focused engineering features
Benefits
Competitive base salaries
Meaningful equity
Benefits
A generous equity package
Company
WHOOP
WHOOP is a fitness tech company that offers wearables that track sleep, recovery, and performance.
Founded in 2012
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (32)
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2023 (15)
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$404.75MKey Investors
SoftBank Vision FundIVPFoundry Group
2021-08-30Series F· $200M
2020-10-28Series E· $100M
2019-11-12Series D· $55M
Leadership Team
Will Ahmed
Founder & CEO
Aurelian Nicolae
Co-Founder & Chief Hardware Engineer
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