Job Overview
Location
United States
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Software Engineering
Date Posted
July 9, 2026
Full Job Description
📋 Description
- • As a Senior Backend Engineer at Peerspace, you will be a vital member of our delivery team focused on building and maintaining scalable backend services that power the Peerspace platform.
- • You will primarily work in Clojure to develop new services and support existing systems, with occasional maintenance of legacy applications and services in Node.
- • Working closely with other engineers, product management, and cross-functional stakeholders, you'll help ensure our cloud-based, service-oriented architecture is robust, reliable, and aligned with modern development practices, including infrastructure-as-code.
- • You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining backend services primarily using Clojure, ensuring they are scalable, maintainable, and performant.
- • You will assist in the maintenance and gradual modernization of legacy Node.js services as part of our broader system.
- • You will collaborate on cloud deployments, leveraging modern tooling and infrastructure-as-code practices to enhance our deployment pipelines and overall system reliability.
- • You will write clean, well-documented code and participate in code reviews to uphold our quality standards.
- • You will work closely with senior engineers, DevOps, and other team members to integrate backend services into our overall architecture and resolve operational issues.
- • You will engage in learning opportunities, adopting best practices, and staying up-to-date with industry trends to enhance the backend technology stack.
🎯 Requirements
- • 5-8 years of experience in software development, with hands-on experience in backend engineering.
- • Proficiency in Clojure for developing and maintaining backend services.
- • Familiarity with Node.js, especially for supporting legacy services.
- • Understanding of service-oriented architectures and RESTful API design.
- • Experience working in cloud environments and using modern development tooling.
- • Exposure to infrastructure-as-code tools and practices.
🏖️ Benefits
- • 100% employee coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- • $500 annual professional development allowance.
- • Discount on all Peerspace bookings.
- • Laptop, high-res display, and stipend to set up a home office.
- • Monthly cell phone and internet credit.
- • Coworking membership if needed (in lieu of home office).
- • Flexible take-it-as-you-need-it time-off policy.
- • Wellness Fridays observed company-wide.
- • Annual in-person, all-company offsites and team-building events.
🏢 Location
- • United States
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- • Engineering
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- • The job title 'Senior Backend Engineer' and the description's focus on backend engineering and cloud-based service-oriented architecture align with the 'Engineering' category.
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About Peerspace Inc.
Peerspace Inc. operates an online marketplace that connects individuals and businesses with hosts offering short-term rentals of unique venues, including meeting rooms, photo studios, event halls, and production spaces. The platform lists spaces in major cities worldwide, providing search, booking, payment, and insurance tools for hourly or daily rentals. Hosts set availability and pricing while guests browse listings, communicate directly, and complete reservations through the site or mobile app. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company generates revenue by charging booking fees to both hosts and guests.
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