Staff Backend Engineer
Fomo Labs · New York City
About this role
## Staff Backend Engineer ### About FOMO FOMO is a trading app built for everyday users—sign up in seconds and start trading right away, with no prior experience needed. Our social features are genuinely useful: follow top traders, view their full portfolios and trades, and discover opportunities early. Under the hood, we deliver best-in-class execution and data for experienced traders. - Over **3.4M+ users** onboarded in just over a year - **$28B+** collective trading volume - **$100M+** revenue since launching (May 2025) - Raised approximately **$100M** from investors including **Benchmark, Index Ventures, and Union Square Ventures** Links: - https://fomo.family/ - https://x.com/fomo ### About the Team You’ll join an engineering team of **12**: - **4 frontend** engineers - **8 backend** engineers The team has experience building at scale from companies like **Google, Pinterest, Snap, Two Sigma, Square, and dYdX**. Work at FOMO: https://stealth-harmonica-74d.notion.site/Work-at-fomo-3d6bac0068ef80db81e2f2d8e65b780e ### About the Role Backend engineers at FOMO work across the business—covering everything from **trading infrastructure** to **social network scaling**. You may work on: - **Trade execution** and infrastructure - **Trade data ingestion** and **portfolio tracking** - **Social network trust and safety** - **Analytics data ingestion** and analysis - **Infrastructure scaling** and optimization - Continuously improving the user experience, trade by trade **Tech stack:** primarily **TypeScript**, with some purpose-specific micro-services. While this is primarily a backend role, engineers aren’t limited to one area—backend engineers are encouraged to contribute to frontend when it makes sense (and vice versa). **Location:** **In-person in NYC** (Soho). We have a strong in-person culture and recently moved into a new spacious office. ### Minimum Qualifications - **Staff+ level** engineer (**6+ years** experience) - Able to **come up with and execute on plans autonomously** - Experience working at scale on **consumer products** with **hundreds of thousands of users** ### Nice to Haves - **Full-stack (React)** experience - Strong ability to connect with customers and understand the full product stack ### Compensation & Benefits - Competitive cash compensation and equity - Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision) for you and dependents - Tax savings benefits (HSAs/FSAs) - **401(k) with match** - Group term life insurance - Flexible time off - Annual company offsites ### Equal Opportunity FOMO is an equal opportunity employer. They consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the hiring process, let them know.
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