Job Description- Spend most of your time writing, reviewing and shipping production backend code.
- Use agentic coding tools as a core part of your daily workflow, including AI-assisted code review, automated test generation and AI-augmented development, while keeping code quality, security and human oversight in place.
- Design and build APIs and services end to end, from technical approach and API contract through implementation, testing and release.
- Contribute to backend architecture across our C#/.NET and Python services, keeping them modular, maintainable and testable.
- Define clear, versioned API contracts that client teams on iOS, Android and desktop can consume easily.
- Work closely with Product Management, UX and client engineers to take defined features from spec to shipped, raising technical tradeoffs and feasibility early.
- Optimize service performance and scalability, including latency, throughput, database query efficiency, caching, concurrency and cloud cost.
- Write and maintain automated unit, integration and contract tests for your services.
- Drive CI/CD automation, release quality and deployment processes for containerized cloud services.
- Ship behind feature flags with progressive rollout and kill switches, and validate new behavior with production telemetry before ramping up.
- Own service health through observability, tracking SLOs, error rates, latency budgets and defect trends, and take part in on-call and incident response.
- Take part in code reviews and share knowledge with other engineers.
- Evaluate new backend, cloud, AI and tooling technologies, and recommend adopting them where they would meaningfully improve the team's work.
Qualifications- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field.
- 8+ years of professional backend software development experience, with deep, production-level expertise in either C#/.NET (ASP.NET Core) or Python (FastAPI/Django).
- Proven experience designing and running backend architectures at scale: microservices or modular monoliths, event-driven and asynchronous messaging (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS/SNS, Azure Service Bus), and distributed systems patterns.
- Strong API design skills using REST, including versioning, pagination, idempotency, error handling and OpenAPI documentation.
- Strong experience with relational and NoSQL data stores (e.g., PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis), including schema design, indexing and query tuning.
- Strong understanding of the concurrency model in your primary language (async/await and the Task Parallel Library in .NET, or asyncio in Python).
- Hands-on experience with a major cloud platform (AWS, Azure or GCP), containers (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes or equivalent).
- At least one year of hands-on, practical use of modern AI engineering tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, etc.), with experience integrating AI/LLM capabilities into backend services where relevant (agentic patterns, evals, and latency/cost/reliability tradeoffs).
- Experience with architectural patterns such as Clean Architecture, Domain-Driven Design, CQRS or hexagonal architecture.
- Strong debugging, profiling and performance optimization skills with tools such as dotTrace/PerfView, py-spy/cProfile and APM tracing.
- Experience with automated testing (unit, integration, contract, load) and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins).
- Experience instrumenting services with observability tools (e.g., Datadog, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus/Grafana).
- Bonus: experience with both C# and Python.
- Bonus: experience working with client engineering teams (iOS, Android, Electron/Angular) to design APIs that fit mobile and desktop needs.
Soft Skills
- Communicates clearly in writing and in person with engineering, product and design.
- Works well with Product Management, UX and client teams, and builds agreement on scope and tradeoffs.
- Shares knowledge readily and helps other engineers on the team grow.
- Stays curious about new tools and techniques, especially in AI-assisted development, and brings practical improvements to the team.
Additional InformationWe’ve Got You CoveredAt Cricut, we take care of our people. Enjoy competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage, a 401(k) match, generous PTO, tuition reimbursement, and a yearly lifestyle stipend to support your wellness and passions. You’ll also receive exclusive employee discounts-and best of all, you’ll be surrounded by some of the most talented, creative, and curious minds out there.
A Quick Note Before You Apply...Cricut is in an exciting chapter of transformation. We’re evolving fast-refining our strategy, growing our teams, and raising the bar across everything we do. This is an incredible opportunity for the right kind of person-but it’s not for everyone.
We’re looking for A-players-people who thrive in dynamic environments, turn challenges into momentum, and consistently deliver their best work. If that sounds like you, read on.
Here’s what makes someone a great fit for this role (and for this moment at Cricut):- You move with urgency. You don't wait for perfect clarity to act-you start, learn, and adjust.
- You set high standards. You take ownership, deliver quality, and hold yourself accountable.
- You stay focused when things move fast. You prioritize what matters most and tune out the noise.
- You collaborate like a pro. You elevate others, communicate clearly, and bring a low-ego, high-output energy.
- You embrace AI as part of your toolkit. From idea exploration to data analysis and creative problem-solving, you leverage AI to accelerate innovation and amplify impact-because technology and creativity go hand-in-hand here.
One More Thing (It's a Big One)This role is in-office at least 4-5 days per week. We believe real collaboration, innovation, and culture are built face-to-face. If you’re energized by working alongside smart, kind, creative people-and love those hallway conversations that spark the next great idea-you’ll feel right at home.
If you’re looking for a fully remote role, this may not be the right fit. But if you’re excited by challenge, purpose, and building something better-let’s make something amazing together.
Relocation Statement:• This position is eligible for relocation assistance.
What to Do Next: Please attach your resume, cover letter and/or include links to your portfolio or other social presence. If you want to show your super powers in other ways - include that information too. You can be sure that Cricut® is an employer who values individuality, equality and diversity, so tell us what you’re all about. If you are a Maker or a DIY enthusiast, whether you think you are a good one or not, we would love to hear about it when you send us your information.
