Common Room
Engineering
BackendSoftwareEngineer
Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.
“Backend Software Engineer at Common Room. Skills: Backend development, API development, System architecture. Develop infrastructure. Develop data models”
Industry & Context.
Analyze; Problem solve; Design systems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
BS Degree in Computer Engineering, 2 years of experience as Software Engineer, Designing, developing, testing, and maintaining software systems, Modifying existing software, Writing clean, efficient, and testable code, Managing data storage, retrieval, and manipulation, Typescript experience, React experience, Amazon Web Services experience, Generative AI experience, Performance optimization experience, Improved scalability and reliability experience, Maintaining relational database applications, Utilizing relational and non-relational data structures
What You'll Do.
Develop infrastructure
Resolve customer issues
Write well designed code
Ensure systems are efficient
Ensure systems are optimized
Ensure systems are scalable
Ensure systems are reliable
Develop software testing procedures
Develop validation procedures
Develop documentation
Ensure internal capabilities serve customers
Ensure infrastructure serves customers
Ensure ML systems serve customers
Problem solve systems
Design simple solutions
Design elegant solutions
Consider observability
Maintain relational database applications
Work with software development lifecycle
Participate in company-building initiatives
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Agile planning environment
Process & Methodology
Agile planning
Full Job Description
ABOUT US Common Room is the AI GTM Platform that empowers your teams with AI agents built on complete buyer intelligence. We unify every signal across the full buyer journey into one continuously-updated, person-level view—so your team knows exactly who to target and why, what to say, and when to reach out. GTM teams are drowning in tool sprawl, fragmented data, and AI that doesn't deliver. Common Room replaces your disconnected stack with one platform built for scale and complexity. We bring together data, orchestration, and execution in one system built for orgs of 75-1000+. We've raised over $50 million from top-tier investors including Greylock, Index, and Madrona, and we're backed by 25+ operators from companies like Figma, Stripe, Airtable, Slack, Notion, Loom, and more. JOB DUTIES Develop infrastructure, data models, features, and overall system to build APIs, and maintain codebase to resolve customer issues. Write well designed, testable code ensuring systems are efficient, optimized, scalable and reliable. Develop software testing and validation procedures and documentation. Ensure Common Room’s core internal capabilities, infrastructure, and ML systems serve the needs of customers and our team. Analyze, problem solve, and design systems, and simple, elegant solutions while considering observability, SLA and scalability. Maintain relational database applications. Utilize tools including AWS, Postgres, and Node. Utilize data technologies including Redshift, MongoDB, Docker, Redis, React and TypeScript. Work with software development lifecycle and teammates in an agile planning environment. Identify and participate in company-building initiatives. HQ Seattle; Work remotely from any location in the U.S. REQUIREMENTS: BS Degree in Computer Engineering or a related degree plus 2 years of experience as a Software Engineer or a related position. Experience must include: - Designing, developing, testing, and maintaining software systems and features. - Modifying ex
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