Backend Engineer

Who We Are: Plots is an exciting new event and social discovery app. Based in Los Angeles, Plots is helping our users find new local events around them, and to meet new people. Our vision is to help people answer that simple question - what’s going on tonight, and who can I meet? We're backed by A16Z SPEEDRUN, co-founded by two Gen Z builders and Tinder's founding CTO, and we've already helped event hosts make $3M+ in 2024. Join us in building the world’s first in-person social network!

Job Description

As a backend engineer, you’ll be responsible for helping shape the future of Plots. You will be ideating, architecting, building, testing, and deploying backend functionality and APIs to our client applications. You will be building exciting new features that expand our event discovery, ticketing platform, social discovery and more. You’ll be sharing your ideas with the team, breaking down complex product requirements into technical tasks, and deploying to our ever-expanding user base.

Who You Are

1. Determined hard worker. We’re looking for rockstars, grinders. People who are willing to go the extra mile to get the job done. No job is too big or too small. We want people with that can-do attitude.
2. Passionate. We want people who are passionate and love what they do, people who wake up in the morning and can’t wait to keep building. We also want people who are passionate about what Plots does - bringing people together around real-life events.
3. You’re relentlessly curious. Your favorite word is “Why?” You aren’t intimidated by tough topics that others are shy to tackle. You’re a sponge for information, and are constantly exploring new industries, ideas, technologies and tools. You seek out experts, surround yourself with books and articles, and learn from founders as you come up to speed on a new space.
4. Experience with our language / stack. 2-3 years experience with Golang and AWS services is a requirement. Experience with DynamoDB, Elasticsearch is very nice to have.
5. Qualifications. Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in computer science. Experience building robust APIs for consumption by client applications.