Grüns · 22 hours ago
Senior Backend Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$150K/yr - $170K/yr
5+ years expGrüns is a company focused on providing comprehensive nutrition through convenient gummy products. They are seeking an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to help scale their data and systems infrastructure, owning backend services and business-critical integrations to enhance reporting and internal tooling.
Food and BeverageWellnessHealthcareDietary SupplementsHealth CareNutritionSnack Food
Responsibilities
Build and own backend services and system integrations across core business platforms including Shopify, Skio (subscriptions), Fulfil.io (ERP), marketing tools, and finance/banking systems
Design, build, and maintain reliable data ingestion patterns using APIs, webhooks, and batch workflows with strong error handling and observability
Write and maintain production-grade services primarily in Python (Node/TypeScript where appropriate)
Productionize data products that support analytics, forecasting, and data science initiatives, ensuring they are stable, scalable, and maintainable
Improve platform reliability across GCP, the warehouse, and orchestration layers through monitoring, alerting, logging, and cost-aware architecture decisions
Translate defined cross-functional requirements into robust technical systems, partnering closely with a project manager to deliver clean execution
Collaborate with the Data team to improve dbt models and analytics workflows when backend system improvements unlock better data outcomes
Qualification
Required
5-7+ years of experience in backend engineering, data engineering, or platform engineering, with hands-on ownership of production services and integrations
Strong proficiency in Python and SQL (TypeScript/Node is a plus)
Experience building and operating production APIs and backend services (REST and/or GraphQL), including authentication patterns, background jobs, and third-party integrations
Experience designing and maintaining data ingestion workflows using APIs, webhooks, and batch processes
Hands-on experience with orchestration tools such as Airflow / Composer (or equivalent)
Cloud infrastructure experience (preferably GCP), including CI/CD, logging, monitoring, and observability practices
Strong reliability mindset with experience building systems that are stable, scalable, and well-monitored
Preferred
Familiarity with dbt and supporting analytics workflows when needed
Experience with data quality best practices (tests, reconciliation, idempotency, schema evolution)
Awareness of privacy and compliance considerations for data pipelines (GDPR/CCPA principles)
Benefits
Competitive equity packages
Comprehensive set of benefits designed to support the well-being, growth, and balance of our team
Strong benefits coverage -- for you and your family
Generous PTO
Free Grüns subscriptions
Perks centered around health and well-being
Company
Grüns
Grüns is a health and wellness company that offers nutrition supplements in the form of gummy snacks.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$46.11MKey Investors
Headline
2025-04-04Series B· $35M
2024-08-21Debt Financing· $11.11M
Leadership Team
Chad Janis
Founder
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