Job Title: Senior Engineer, Backend

Company Name: Flora

Job Details: RemoteFull,Time

Job Url: https://hiring.cafe/viewjob/8ov873kyyi3k1afw

Job Description: Posted 2mo agoSenior Engineer, Backend@ FloraView All JobsWebsiteNew York, New York, United StatesRemoteFull TimeResponsibilities:build backend systems, drive observability, design database schemaRequirements Summary:5+ years backend systems; 3+ years TypeScript; experience with queues, observability, and scale; strong problem solving and collaboration.
About FLORAWe build creative tools for the new creative class—an intelligent canvas where the best AI models enable professional craft. We're a team of ~20, backed by exceptional investors like Hanabi Capital, Menlo Ventures, Justin Kan, and Gabe Whaley (founder of MSCHF). Our customers span a variety of creative industries and include Pentagram, Lionsgate, and Nike.About the roleWe're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to help build the backbone of FLORA's platform. You'll work across our database layer, generation infrastructure, observability, and the services that make a real-time creative tool feel effortless at scale.We're a team of strong full-stack engineers looking for someone with deep backend expertise to tackle our hardest systems problems. You'll take ownership of complex projects, collaborate closely with engineering leadership on architecture decisions, and grow alongside the backend team as we scale.You'll work onBuilding generation orchestration infrastructure for real scaleImproving observability across our infrastructure to drive down failure rates and surface issues before users noticeOptimizing our database layer—schema design, index strategy, and migrations as we scaleCollaborating on architecture decisions to support new featuresWorking with the CTO, Product Engineering, and Intelligence Engineering teams to provide a stable, performant foundation for features across all clientsWe’re looking for people who have:5+ years building robust backend systems, with experience operating services at meaningful scale3+ years of deep TypeScript experience—you have strong opinions about type safety, error handling, and code organizationProven ability to take ambiguous problems and deliver well-designed solutionsExperience with queue-based architectures (job scheduling, orchestration, fault tolerance)Strong instincts for observability—you've instrumented systems, built dashboards, and used data to drive reliability improvementsStellar communication skills and a collaborative approach to technical decisionsExceptionally strong candidates might also have experience with:Convex, or strong opinions about real-time database architecturesCreative tools, media pipelines, or products with complex asset workflowsQueue/orchestration sophistication at scaleServerless patterns — Vercel, AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Run, etc.Working at FLORAOffice policyWe work in-person at the Domino Refinery building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn—with views of the East River.Compensation and benefitsCompetitive salary and meaningful equity. We also offer an Equinox membership and comprehensive health and dental coverage.