Backend Engineer
$140k - $200k USD
Backend Engineer
About Fizz
Fizz is the go-to social platform for Gen Z to connect with their community. College Fizz communities feature a private, moderated feed of anonymous posts from verified students, making it the most entertaining and authentic way to experience student life. On Global Fizz, all of Gen Z can connect across their shared experiences and identities.
Users can ask questions, share memes, post polls, and direct message others—all while keeping control of their identity. Safety, inclusion, and authenticity are core to everything we build.
Founded by two Stanford dropouts, Fizz launched at Stanford in 2021 and quickly reached over 95% student adoption. Since then, we've expanded to 400+ colleges, started generating ad revenue, and raised >$40M from investors such as Lightspeed, NEA, and Owl. Our mission: build a social network for the 99% of life that doesn’t make it onto entertainment platforms like Instagram and TikTok.
Where We’re Headed
In 2025, we’re focused on:
Expanding to every U.S. college
Accelerating revenue through new product iterations
Expanding Fizz to new markets beyond college, leveraging the new version of the Fizz product - Global Fizz
What you’ll be doing
Our engineering team is lean, and we heavily value ownership and autonomy. Specifically, some of the things you can expect to work on include:
Owning end-to-end technical development of large product features that must scale to millions of users
Applying emerging technology such as LLMs and vector databases to novel product use cases like content recommendation and content moderation
Collaborating with our product lead and product designer to create user-friendly experiences
Working directly with our growth team to automate user acquisition and evangelize an engineering-driven mindset across the company
Actively setting up new tools and infrastructure to improve our team’s output
Qualifications
2-7 years of experience of relevant backend development experience
Direct experience building products from 0-1
Hands-on experience with TypeScript/NodeJS
Strong understanding of cutting-edge backend technologies, including API design, database optimization (SQL/NoSQL), secure data handling, and horizontally scaling infrastructure in cloud environments
Experience working in startup-like environments where ambiguities, shifting requirements, and iterative development is common
Strong engineering intuition: Learn fast, be adaptable
Extreme hunger to take ownership and actively drive engineering initiatives
Eager to learn new skills at a fast pace and empower team members by sharing acquired knowledge
Strong grasp on product and ability to intuitively develop features that Gen-Z will use and love.
Bonus Points
Experience working with consumer-user-facing products.
Experience with Google Cloud Platform or MongoDB
iOS development experience, or experience working on the backend for a mobile application
Compensation range for this role is between $140,000 - $200,000 a year based on job related skills and experience. Fizz full-time employees are eligible to receive company sponsored benefits and equity.
Our ideal candidate will be available to be onsite 5 days per week in our NYC office.
[Relocation packages available for the right candidate]