Backend Engineer, Engagement

Alpha is hiring a mid-level Backend Engineer for Clubhouse’s Engagement squad, which builds and operates core social experiences such as live audio rooms, reactions, clips, houses, and replays. The role focuses on shipping measurable product features, evolving backend systems, and collaborating with product, design, engineering, and data science. Responsibilities Build, instrument, and ship features across live rooms, reactions, clips, houses, and replays, all used by millions of people. When a launch calls for an experiment, you’ll run it with our data scientistsEvolve our backend systems, balancing quick iteration with code health and scalabilityCollaborate closely with engineers, PMs, designers, and data scientists to shape and deliver high-impact featuresAdvocate for simplicity by making thoughtful tradeoffs that keep solutions maintainable and measurable Qualifications You have 3+ years of backend experience in a language like Python or Ruby, and you've worked with relational and/