Backend Engineer

Vibe, Inc

$196K — $265K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years in software development with TypeScript and Python proficiency
  • Full stack experience addressing APIs, data pipelines, and infrastructure
  • Knowledge of low-level programming and concurrency concepts; C or C++ experience is advantageous
  • Experience in startup or high-ownership settings, effectively managing tasks independently
  • Strong focus on code quality and ability to engage in constructive code reviews

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement integrations with external platforms and data partners
  • Own integration projects from scoping through to production independently
  • Collaborate with external partners to define and validate data contracts
  • Build infrastructure for Vibe's public API and support development endpoints
  • Create documentation and tools to enhance developer experience
  • Identify and resolve bottlenecks in existing data pipelines for scalability
  • Utilize AI tooling to enhance development efficiency and quality

Benefits

  • Variable pay based on performance and objectives achieved
  • Hybrid work flexibility with a requirement to be in office three times a week in NYC
  • Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision
  • 401(k) with matching contributions to support retirement savings
  • Unlimited paid time off, emphasizing results over hours worked
  • Paid parental leave for all employees
  • Annual team offsite event in a notable location
Full Job Description
About the Role

You'll join the Integrations team, the connective tissue of Vibe's platform. The team owns all data flowing in and out of Vibe: measurement and attribution integrations, audience connections from CRMs and CDPs, and reporting pipelines. This role exists because we're building a first-class Developer Platform, opening Vibe's full capabilities as an API so external partners can build on top of us. Three reasons to want this: you'll be among the first engineers building this team in New York from the ground up, you'll ship integrations with marquee partners while owning foundational architecture, and you'll work in an environment where AI-augmented development is the norm, not an afterthought.

What You'll Do

Build & Ship Integrations
  • Design and implement integrations with external platforms, CRMs, CDPs, measurement vendors, and data partners
  • Own integration projects end-to-end, from scoping to production with minimal hand-holding
  • Collaborate directly with external partners to define and validate data contracts

Developer Platform
  • Build the infrastructure for Vibe's public API, account, advertiser, and campaign management endpoints
  • Develop documentation, monitoring, and tooling that makes the developer experience first-class
  • Contribute to MCP gateway and authentication layers that expose Vibe's capabilities externally

Reliability & Scale
  • Identify bottlenecks in existing pipelines and rebuild them to handle growing data volume
  • Write code that your team can review, extend, and trust, not just code that ships
  • Use AI tooling actively to accelerate development and close quality gaps


What You Need
  • Hands-on experience shipping production-grade software in TypeScript and Python, you've written it, debugged it, owned it
  • Comfort working across the full stack: APIs, data pipelines, and infrastructure (AWS, Terraform)
  • Exposure to low-level programming concepts, C or C++ experience is a plus; knowing how memory and concurrency actually work is the bar
  • A startup or high-ownership background, you've operated without a team for every problem and figured things out
  • Strong instincts for code quality: you give real feedback in reviews and can receive it the same way


Nice to Haves
  • Prior experience building or maintaining third-party integrations (ETL, webhooks, REST/GraphQL APIs)
  • Familiarity with GCP or multi-cloud environments
  • Experience designing or contributing to developer-facing platforms or public APIs


Our Values

At Vibe, we run on three values: Impact, Ambition, and Urgency. We tie every goal to a real business outcome, think 10x rather than settling for good enough, and move daily rather than waiting for perfect conditions.

You'll thrive here if you own outcomes without needing direction, default to action, and hold yourself to results, not effort.

This is a high-performance environment with high-performance rewards: you'll work alongside people who push you, with real ownership over hard problems in a market that's moving fast.

If that sounds like the best version of your career, we want to meet you.

What We Offer

For candidates in New York, NY, the pay range for this role is $196,000-$265,000. For candidates elsewhere, compensation is determined based on local market levels.

At Vibe, we want you to build something, own something, and grow fast. Here's how we back that up:
  • Variable pay - based on objectives you hit. No arbitrary targets.
  • Hybrid flexibility - We're in NYC's Flatiron District and our team is in 3x a week!
  • Full health coverage - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) with matching - We invest in your future, not just your output.
  • Unlimited PTO - Take the time you need. We measure results, not hours.
  • Parental leave - Paid leave for all parents.
  • Annual offsite - The whole team, once a year, somewhere worth the trip.


Our Interview Process

We respect your time. Here's exactly what to expect, no surprises, no ghosting.
  1. Recruiter screen - 30 min. We'll share context; you'll share yours.
  2. Manager interview - 45 min with the hiring manager for this role. Your experience, your projects, your approach.
  3. Technical assessment - 90 min. Code review exercise with a few members of the team plus applied questions, including how you use AI in your workflow. Real problems, not tricks.
  4. Bar raiser - 30 min with a senior leader to ensure we're holding a consistent, high bar.
  5. Offer - Fast. We don't let good decisions sit.


Referral Instructions

Being referred? Ask your contact to submit your application directly on your behalf.

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