Backend Engineer

Sleeper is a rapidly growing platform for sports fans with messaging at its core. Our backend consists primarily of Elixir and ScyllaDB. We are looking for experienced engineers who have a passion for building multi-player games or messaging products to help us bring Sleeper to the rest of the world.What you’ll be doingBuilding multi-player games, messaging, and/or core platform featuresEnsuring your solutions are scalable to millions of usersWork with frontend team to deliver products to end usersWho you areImpressive side project or 3+ years of engineering experienceYou make practical decisions and trade-offsYou thrive in ambiguous environmentsYou are good at anticipating things that can go wrongWhen things do go wrong, you act calm and think rationallyPreferred skills (not required)Experience with ErlangVMExperience with Cassandra or ScyllaDBExperience managing distributed systems infrastructureSleeper believes in fair and equitable pay. Certain locations in the United States require job postings to include a reasonable estimate of the base salary range and/or a general description of benefits and other compensation applicable to the role. For this role in those locations, the base salary range for new hires is:Annualized Base Pay Range: 150K - 225K #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2025-09-17