Develop and maintain backend services, APIs, integrations, and business applications. Translate requirements into reliable technical solutions, troubleshoot production and cloud issues, improve performance and data quality, and support testing, deployments, documentation, and code reviews. The role emphasizes backend development, cloud platforms, AI coding tools, REST APIs, databases, authentication, third-party integrations, and reliable event-driven workflows.
VeeFriends is a modern entertainment and consumer products company built around characters, storytelling, collectibles, community, and culture. Its business spans physical and digital collectibles, publishing, licensing, live experiences, commerce, and emerging consumer products.
VeeFriends is hiring a Software Engineer to develop and maintain applications, backend services, and integrations that support our digital products and business operations.
We’re looking for someone with a solid software development background, experience working with AI coding tools, and the technical judgment to deliver reliable software. This role has a strong focus on backend development.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain backend services, APIs, and business system integrations.
- Translate requirements into practical technical solutions.
- Deliver features and improvements in collaboration with engineering, design, and business teams.
- Investigate application issues and improve performance, reliability, and data quality.
- Ensure changes meet requirements through testing, code review, and validation.
- Support application deployments and troubleshoot issues in cloud environments.
- Maintain technical documentation and contribute to improvements in development practices.
- 3+ years of professional software development experience, including building and supporting production applications.
- Experience building applications with C#/.NET, TypeScript/JavaScript, Java, or similar languages and frameworks.
- Experience developing, deploying, or supporting applications in Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, or a similar cloud platform.
- Experience using OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, or similar AI coding agents for technical design, development, testing, debugging, and code review.
- Ability to understand code, evaluate technical approaches, identify errors, and guide work toward a reliable result.
- Working knowledge of REST APIs, SQL databases, authentication, and third-party integrations.
- Familiarity with Git, GitHub, pull requests, and automated testing.
- Strong problem-solving skills, clear communication, and attention to detail.
- C#/.NET and Microsoft Azure.
- Azure Container Apps, Service Bus, Cosmos DB, Storage, or Application Insights.
- PostgreSQL, data modeling, and query optimization.
- Docker, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD workflows.
- Microsoft Orleans or other distributed application frameworks.
- Node.js, Next.js, or React.
- Shopify, GraphQL, or integrations involving commerce, payments, inventory, and fulfillment.
- Webhooks, message queues, scheduled jobs, and reliable handling of retries and duplicate events.
VeeFriends New York, New York, USA Office
New York, NY, United States
VeeFriends New York, New York, USA Office
10 Hudson Yards, , New York, NY, United States
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