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title: 'Senior Backend Engineer at RevenueCat'
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# Senior Backend Engineer at RevenueCat

- **Company:** RevenueCat
- **Location:** Americas
- **Compensation:** $230k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-02
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-04
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/revenuecat/c6d43e21-b75b-485b-b7c2-bd7df5909ef3

## Job description

RevenueCat gives app businesses the infrastructure and tools to build, run, and improve their monetization. Since graduating from YC's S18 batch, we've grown into the default monetization platform for mobile.

We're in 50%+ of newly shipped subscription apps, we process $16B+ in annual purchase volume, and we help everyone from a solo developer to the OpenAI mobile team understand and grow their revenue.

We're a remote-first team of 150+ people across 25+ countries, guided by values we actually practice: Customer Obsession, Always Be Shipping, Own It, and Balance.

This isn't the right fit for everyone. The systems you’ll build here manage billions of dollars and touch hundreds of millions of end users, and we don’t take that lightly. You'll be expected to work hard and hold a high bar for what you ship, alongside some of the sharpest, most driven people you've worked with. If that sounds energizing rather than exhausting, keep reading.

## THE ROLE

We’re looking for a Backend Engineer to design, build, ship, and own end-to-end product features used by thousands of developers and hundreds of millions of end-users.

This is a hands-on IC role. We want someone that loves shipping products, not just code. You are an engineer obsessed with the customer and passionate about software. You’ll take ownership from problem scoping to production rollout to long-term maintenance. You have both the engineering fundamentals to write performant systems that operate at huge scale near flawlessly and the product sense that doesn't let “perfect” get in the way of “shipped today.”

## ABOUT YOU

- You have 8+ years of experience as a backend engineer designing complex, fast-growing systems that didn't exist before you.
- You can write advanced SQL statements beyond basic SELECT and UPDATE statements.
- You hold a high bar for quality and instinctively know which details matter, but also are discerning enough to cut scope when needed while still delivering value.
- You’re customer-obsessed: you imagine yourself as the developer, product manager, or marketer using the feature or experiencing the issue.
- You’re a builder, not an implementer: scoping, prioritizing, and driving rollout in partnership with our Product team. This isn’t a role where you check off items from a detailed specification.
- You can quickly familiarize yourself with code you didn't write yourself and improve it.
- You're comfortable coding alongside AI tools like Copilot, Cursor, or Claude Code. You use them to move faster on the parts that don't need your full attention, and you're detail-oriented enough to catch when they're wrong.
- You’re scrappy and biased toward shipping. You’d rather ship a good version today and iterate than wait to ship a perfect one next quarter.
- You communicate clearly, both in real-time and asynchronously. We’re a fully remote team, and how you write is as important as how you code.
- You’ve shipped meaningful user-facing features to production, monitored their usage and adoption, and improved them over time.
- You write high-quality, well-tested code, debug issues methodically, and help raise the engineering bar through thoughtful feedback and mentorship.
- You act like a founder: you notice problems, propose improvements, and follow through fast.

## IDEALLY, YOU HAVE:

- Experience in Python.
- Experience in PostgreSQL.
- Experience building SDKs.
- Shipped a mobile app with in-app purchases.
- Some experience with React and SPA applications.

## IN THE FIRST MONTH, YOU'LL:

- Meet frequently with your team and mentor to get up to speed.
- Set up and get familiar with repositories, task management, and the dev environment.
- Implement and ship your first project.
- Get familiar with RevenueCat’s dashboards, logging, debugging tools, cloud providers, infrastructure, and general architecture.
- Learn about the mobile app economy and subscription-business concepts that shape our product decisions.

## WITHIN THE FIRST 3 MONTHS, YOU'LL

- Scope and work on projects self-sufficiently, end to end.
- Talk to customers or support directly to understand how the systems you own actually get used and where they break down.
- Learn the basics of incident response and join the on-call rotation.
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to reliability and quality across the codebase.
- Understand every product your team owns.

## WITHIN THE FIRST 6 MONTHS, YOU'LL

- Review code, write proposals, and contribute to architectural discussions.
- Contribute to your team’s roadmap and technical direction — the “why,” not just the “how.”
- Be the go-to person on a couple of your team’s focus areas.
- Have shipped a major product or feature, start to finish.

## WITHIN THE FIRST 12 MONTHS, YOU'LL

- Know all the major components of our system and be able to debug complex issues across it.
- Have your own initiatives for improving our products, grounded in real customer and business priorities.
- Spec and architect medium-to-large projects, gather feedback, and drive design validation and rollout plans.
- Mentor other engineers joining the team.
- Push the org to improve reliability, scalability, and performance.

## WHAT WE OFFER:

- Competitive equity in a fast-growing, Series C startup backed by top-tier investors, including Y Combinator
- 10-year window to exercise vested equity options
- A fully remote environment designed around autonomy and flexibility.
- 4-5 weeks of flexible time off annually
- Paid desk at a co-working space
- Workspace budget and continuous learning stipend

## INTERVIEWING AT REVENUECAT

Our interview process is rigorous on purpose. We want to be sure that everyone we bring on is genuinely excited about this work, aligned with how we operate, and ready to meet our high bar for performance. Curious what that actually looks like? Read more in our blog post on how we hire at RevenueCat https://www.revenuecat.com/blog/company/how-we-hire-at-revenuecat/, including tips to help you succeed.

## MORE ON HOW WE WORK:

- How we think about hiring and team design: Building a Winning Team https://app.notion.com/p/Building-a-Winning-Team-69e431c4c3df4b13961523cd93c0e9bf?pvs=21
- The values that guide how we work: Our Values https://www.revenuecat.com/blog/values/
- How we work as a remote team: How We Work Remotely at RevenueCat https://www.revenuecat.com/blog/how-we-work-remotely-at-revenuecat/
- What to expect from our interview process: Interview Expectations https://app.notion.com/p/RevenueCat-Interview-Expectations-1bdcb1a108b0800c8941def0f076f9e2?pvs=21
- What to expect from comp and employment: Employment FAQ https://app.notion.com/p/RevenueCat-Compensation-Employment-Overview-184cb1a108b0801398d4e525928597ab?pvs=21

## About RevenueCat

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: A platform that provides cross-platform subscription management, analytics, and growth tools for mobile and web apps.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C – last round $38M in May 2025)
- **Headquarters**: Brandon, Florida, USA (per LinkedIn) / San Francisco, California, USA (per Craft.co) – conflicting reports
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Jacob Eiting (CEO) and Miguel Carranza (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Software Development / Mobile Subscription Infrastructure
- **Target customers**: B2B – app developers, product teams, data teams, and support teams at consumer and enterprise apps
- **Mission**: “Build the standard for mobile subscription infrastructure” (from Built In)

## Products & Services
- **Subscription Backend-in-a-Box**: Handles receipt validation, purchase setup, and platform updates across StoreKit, Google Play, smart TV, and web.
- **Paywall Templates & Editor**: Pre-built, configurable paywall UI with layer-driven editor for A/B testing and audience targeting.
- **Analytics & Reporting**: Full-funnel analytics, cohort payback period estimation, and predictive analytics for campaign performance.
- **Automated Refund Handling**: Uses usage data and preferences to reduce auto‑approvals and retain revenue (e.g., Dipsea reduced refunds by 36%).
- **Web‑to‑App Campaigns**: Bypass fees and attribution restrictions to drive conversions from web to app.
- **Self‑Serve Support Tools**: Centralized cross‑platform data for debugging and customer assistance.
- **A/B Testing**: Remotely configurable experiments on pricing, packaging, and paywalls.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metrics**:
  - Annual Revenue: ~$20M (per LinkedIn Financials)
  - Total Funding: $156.6M across 7 rounds
  - API requests daily: 3B+
  - Revenue processed: $14B+
  - Trusted apps: 113K+
- **Notable Investors**: Index Ventures (led Series A), Y Combinator Continuity Fund (led Series B), Y Combinator (seed), plus multiple others.
- **Acquisition**: Acquired Dipsea in September 2024.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount: 133 employees (+43% YoY)
  - LinkedIn followers: 41,712 (+95% yearly)
  - Active job postings: 53 (monthly +6%, quarterly +32.5%)
  - SOC2 certified, GDPR compliant
  - 4.8/5 Capterra rating, 4.7/5 G2 rating, 4.9/5 product reviews

## Competitive Advantages
- **Platform Moat**: Acts as the single source of truth for subscriptions across iOS, Android, and web, reducing engineering overhead for platform updates and edge cases.
- **Network Effects**: Thousands of apps use RevenueCat, creating a large data pool for benchmarking and analytics.
- **Developer‑First**: Free until $2,500 MRR; easy integration with SDKs; dedicated team handling store API changes.
- **Integrated Growth Tools**: A/B testing, automated refunds, and analytics are built into one platform, reducing the need for multiple tools.
- **Remote‑First Culture**: Attracts global talent across 25+ countries, with strong retention and high employee satisfaction scores (5.0/5.0 on LinkedIn, 48 reviews).

## Strategic Focus
- **Expanding Product Lines**: Recent job postings for “Senior Product Manager, Agents” and “Senior Software Engineer, Agents” indicate new AI‑powered agents or automation features.
- **Web Revenue**: Continuing to invest in web‑to‑app campaigns and cross‑web subscription management.
- **Data & Analytics**: Deepening predictive analytics and cohort analysis to help customers optimize payback periods.
- **Automation**: Scaling automated refund handling and win‑back campaigns to reduce churn.

## Why Work Here
- **Remote‑First**: Flexible remote work across 40+ locations; no mandatory office time (HQ in San Francisco/Brandon but team is globally distributed).
- **Compensation & Benefits**:
  - Competitive salaries (e.g., Sr. Backend Engineer ~€196K/yr, TAM ~$103K/yr)
  - Equity for all employees
  - Health/dental/vision insurance, 401K, life insurance, disability insurance
  - Generous parental leave, family medical leave, paid sick days, flexible PTO
- **Culture & Growth**:
  - Average 5.0/5.0 employer rating on LinkedIn; Work‑Life 4.5, Compensation 4.9, Culture 4.9, Career 4.7
  - Strong emphasis on senior hires and career development tracks (customized development tracks mentioned)
  - Flat-ish structure: 31% senior, 19% specialist, 18% manager
  - Engineering‑heavy: 48% of roles technical
- **Tech Stack**: CircleCI, HubSpot, Looker, and modern mobile SDKs (iOS, Android, web).
- **Recent Alumni Go To**: Monzo, ŌURA, Fever, Verizon – indicates talent is well‑regarded.

## Sources
1. [revenuecat.com](https://www.revenuecat.com/)
2. [linkedin.com/company/revenuecat](https://www.linkedin.com/company/revenuecat)
3. [builtin.com/company/revenuecat](https://builtin.com/company/revenuecat)
4. [craft.co/revenuecat](https://craft.co/revenuecat)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/revenuecat](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/revenuecat)

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