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About this Staff Backend Engineer role at Future

Future · Remote · Remote

About Us:

Future is building a personalized guidance system for lifelong health. We help people understand what to do next for their body, goals, and stage of life — then support them in turning those decisions into sustained behavior change. By combining AI, human expertise, personal health data, and accountability, Future helps members improve performance today while building the resilience, capacity, and healthspan they need for decades to come.

About the Role

Backend engineers at Future operate at all levels -- building out core services, data pipelines, essential business systems, developer operations, and customer-facing features.  

We’re responsible for the entirety of product surfaces across user and trainer experiences, and the initiatives we drive span across foundational core infrastructure to rapid feature iteration. Backend engineers work closely with several engineering teams & product managers to deliver the APIs, infrastructure, and scalability needed for every initiative.

You will:

  • Design, implement, and test APIs for new products, features, and services
  • Maintain and optimize existing systems, with emphasis on database-related performance
  • Collaborate with other engineers across the stack as well as cross-functional stakeholders
  • Keep up to date with the latest technologies and industry best practices, and encouraging fellow engineers to do so
  • Serve as on-call engineer approximately one week per month, responsible for triaging incoming issues during non-working hour

You have: 

  • Great Product thinking. You think about the end user experience when you are building to consider whether the features you are building are not only meeting requirements but delighting users.
  • 8+ years of production development experience, specifically working on backend / API
  • Scrappiness and pragmatism. We are a small and fast-moving startup and value someone who can continually weigh tradeoffs to balance engineering excellence with velocity.
  • Strong knowledge of Go, AWS, Docker (ECS), Postgres (RDS)
  • Proven ability to employ software quality measures during development, such as unit/integration testing, monitoring, alerting
  • Experience managing Docker-based microservice architecture
  • Experience working in a fast-moving startup environment. You are adaptable to shifting priorities, and have a proven track record of cutting through asks to build what matters.
  • Nice to have: experience working with ETL, with keen intuition for optimized database performance

Compensation, Benefits & Life at Future:

  • Salary range: $200,000 - 230,000 / year + equity. The salary range is set based on multiple considerations including business needs, market demands, talent availability, experience, and unique skills and attributes. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
  • Health coverage: All employees have access to comprehensive medical, vision, dental, and disability insurance + tax savings accounts
  • 401(k) plan
  • Flexible Paid Time Off
  • Future Membership: Enjoy our platform for free!
  • Health, Wellness & Development: Health and fitness monthly stipend contributes to our employees’ overall wellbeing, with access to a mental health platform, reimbursement for medical travel, and an annual learning & development stipend.
  • Remote First: Employment eligible to employees located anywhere in the continental US. No travel required.
  • Join a diverse, passionate & driven team of all backgrounds.

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Life at Future

Equity: Meaningful equity package.
Health Coverage: All employees who meet eligibility requirements receive comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance, plus tax-advantaged savings accounts.
Retirement: 401(k) plan.
Wellness: Monthly wellness stipend for fitness, recovery, and overall wellbeing, plus access to mental health resources and therapy support.
Flexible Time Off: Flexible PTO so you can rest, recharge, and take care of life outside of work.
Learning & Development: Annual budget for courses, conferences, coaching, and tools that help you grow in your craft.
Future Membership: Enjoy our platform for free.

Equal Employment Opportunities at Future

We are committed to building a future where every member of our community, is healthy, cared for, and advancing forward together. Future is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, civil or family status, disability or race.
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How this Backend Engineer salary compares

This role pays $215,000/yrabove the typical range for Backend Engineer roles.

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Typical range $142,500–$210,750/yr, from 233 comparable Backend Engineer listings on JobsRadar (pay annualized to USD). See Backend Engineer salary insights →

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