Senior Backend Engineer

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About the role

We’re hiring an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to help scale Grüns’ data and systems infrastructure as we grow. You’ll own and operate backend services and business-critical integrations that power reliable reporting, forecasting, and internal tooling. This role sits at the intersection of backend and data engineering, partnering closely with the broader tech team to build durable data products and cross-system workflows. This role reports to our Manager of Data Engineering.

This role is critical to unlocking speed and stability across the organization. You’ll translate cross-functional needs from Finance, Ops, Growth, CX, and Product into robust backend systems and production-grade data workflows. You’ll also play a key role in productionizing data products that support analytics, forecasting, and data science initiatives.

This role is part of our remote HQ! We have a fully remote, high-trust work environment - and also come together on a quarterly basis for amazing off-sites where we can connect IRL. 

In this role, you will:

• 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

We're looking for someone who:

• 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
• Preferred: Experience with data quality best practices (tests, reconciliation, idempotency, schema evolution)
• Preferred: Awareness of privacy and compliance considerations for data pipelines (GDPR/CCPA principles)

Approach to the role:

• You operate as an agile engineer who can adapt to changing requirements and priorities
• You work effectively with non-technical stakeholders to fully understand business requirements
• You show high agency in identifying problems and implementing solutions proactively
• You’re eager to learn new technologies while having enough knowledge to hit the ground running
• You’re able to juggle numerous projects and deliverables while maintaining quality standards

To Apply: 

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Compensation & Benefits:

At Grüns, we're committed to providing a competitive total compensation package — grounded in market data that considers our size, stage, industry, and location. For this role, the base salary range is between $150,000-$170,000 depending on experience. Beyond base salary, we offer competitive equity packages and a comprehensive set of benefits designed to support the well-being, growth, and balance of our team.

A bit about us...

At Grüns, we believe that foundational nutrition should be simple and convenient for everyone. We're dedicated to bringing comprehensive and real nutrition to you through our gummies, formulated from 60 nutrient-dense and whole-food ingredients. Simply enjoy a grab-and-go snack pack of gummies daily whenever fits best in your schedule and wherever life takes you.

Like you, we were disappointed. There’s an infinite number of “nutrition” companies, all focused on what’s best for them — not what’s best for you. Hundreds of products to sell you on, low-quality ingredients, and small nutrient doses. We’ve seen it all.

So we decided it was time to fix it. No more choking on and popping pills like a pharmacy. No more clean-up and disgust from gross powders. And no more cobbling together handfuls to dozens of supplements. Grüns is comprehensive nutrition, made convenient and delicious.

What we care about...

Autonomy: Only the best work at Grüns. We’re all confident, independent leaders. We are proactive. We find opportunities for improvement. Don’t ask; just do. When our actions impact other areas of the organization, we communicate with those functional leaders to ensure connectivity.

Growth: We love to take on new challenges, learn new things, and express interest in new functions. “I’ve never done this before” is not an excuse; it’s an opportunity.

Community: We care deeply about each other. We’re good humans and provide support wherever we can. We care, not just professionally but personally as well.

Compensation & Perks:

For every role, we aim to have highly competitive compensation and opportunity for impact and career growth.

Everyone at Grüns works hard, but we believe in wellness and balance too. We have super strong benefits coverage -- for you and your family, generous PTO, free Grüns subscriptions, and a few more perks centered around health and well-being that we can't wait to tell you about!