Growth Engineer

About the job

At Appwrite, we’re looking for a Growth Engineer to join our team. You’ll play a key role in building scalable, reliable systems that power the growth of our platform and user base. You’ll work on backend services, data pipelines, and automation tools that enable experimentation, user acquisition, retention, and performance optimization.

This role involves collaborating closely with product, platform, and growth teams to develop systems that support growth initiatives, payment integrations, and analytics infrastructure. As an active member of our open-source community, you’ll contribute to discussions and own projects from concept to deployment. If you’re excited about solving challenges that help developers grow and succeed, this role is for you.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, redundant, and reliable APIs and backend services to support Appwrite's platform.

• Develop and maintain reusable IaC modules using tools like Terraform to manage environments across multiple cloud providers.

• Build internal tooling to streamline environment provisioning, deployments, and configuration management.

• Collaborate with product and platform engineers to ensure seamless systems integration into our broader architecture.

• Build and maintain backend systems that support growth engineering efforts such as user onboarding automation, referral tracking, and engagement analytics.

• Develop and maintain billing and payment systems that ensure secure, accurate, and compliant transaction processing.

• Ensure systems are observable, secure, and compliant with industry best practices and standards.

• Monitor service health and performance, and proactively identify areas for optimization.

• Contribute to a great developer experience through thoughtful automation, reliable systems, and well-documented tooling.

• Stay informed about the latest in cloud-native development, DevOps practices, and distributed systems.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in backend, cloud, or infrastructure-heavy roles.

• Strong experience working with Kubernetes.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi).

• Solid experience with one or more cloud platforms: AWS, GCP, Azure, or DigitalOcean.

• Proficiency in scripting and automation (e.g., Bash, Python).

• Familiarity with CI/CD workflows and tools like GitHub Actions.

• Strong understanding of backend development with languages such as PHP, Node.js, Python, Dart, Go, or Ruby.

• Hands-on experience with relational databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL, as well as message brokers like RabbitMQ and caching solutions like Redis.

• Deep understanding of web protocols (HTTP, TCP, UDP) and modern architectural patterns.

• Experience working on growth-oriented backend systems and billing/payment infrastructures is a plus.

• A passion for open-source, developer tools, and clean, maintainable code.

Benefits

🏠 100% remote

Our entire company is distributed, so we take remote work seriously. If you’d rather not work from home, we will cover the cost of a coworking or office space.

📈 Stock options

Get generous stock options for a company that is growing blazing fast and is backed by top VCs 

🕰 Flexible hours & days

We're a remote team working in different time zones, from UTC+06:00 to UTC-06:00. Choose the hours and days that work best for you!

🏥 Healthcare

Employees receive generous medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. Full-time contractors will have the cost of healthcare factored into their salary. Our recruiting team can help confirm which applies to you.

❤️ Github sponsorship of your choice

We would love to give an annual sponsorship to any GitHub project of your choice!

🎓 Learning

Appwrite provides $3,000 USD for employees to attend conferences, take classes, or otherwise further their education.

✈️ Gatherings

We typically meet up couple times a year in person for work and fun! What will be our next location? NYC, London, LA, or Barcelona? Help us decide!

🖥 Top notch equipment

Appwrite will let you choose a new laptop of your choice (up to $3,000 USD) and will reimburse up to $500 USD for office expenses.

🧦 Unlimited SWAGS

At Appwrite, we really love Swags. Each new team member gets unlimited credits to grab any official Appwrite Swag that they wish.