Backend Engineer

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Golf Daddy is redefining how golf is played and learned through real-time simulation, AI coaching, and mobile-first product experiences used by 100k+ golfers every month. Joining now means shaping core systems at a high-velocity, profitable startup that’s scaling globally. You’ll work directly with senior engineers, creators, and product leaders, and have meaningful ownership over features used by hundreds of thousands of players.

We need a backend engineer who can take features from schema → API → deployment in a serverless environment. You’ll work across our Node.js API powering coaching, notifications, subscriptions, analytics, and video workflows.

• REST APIs (Lambda-ready, documented, validated with Zod)
• Auth flows: JWT, refresh tokens, RBAC, 2FA
• Push notifications + scheduled jobs (FCM + Event Bridge)
• Shopify integrations and external service webhooks
• Postgre
  
  SQL schemas, queries, and performance tuning
• Core coaching features: assignments, automations, subscriptions, analytics

• Node.js 18+, Type Script, Express
• AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Event Bridge, S3
• Firebase Admin SDK
• Git Hub Actions, Zod, OpenAPI

• 3+ years Node.js + Type Script
• Experience with AWS Lambda/serverless
  
  Solid REST API design + security fundamentals
• Notification systems or scheduled job experience
• Schema validation (Zod/Joi/Yup)

Nice: Startup experience, subscription systems, video pipelines, or gaming/Unity backend work.

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Engineering and Information Technology

• Software Development

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