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Backend Engineer
ENGINEERINGREMOTEFULL-TIME
Elite Hockey HQ is a training platform that unites adaptive workout programming, skill video libraries, and daily readiness tracking to help hockey players and teams move from planning to game-day execution. We're looking for a Backend Engineer to help build and scale the systems that power our training engine, athlete data, and recovery insights.
What you’ll do
- Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs that support the training platform and its features
- Model and manage data for athlete profiles, readiness metrics, training programs, and skill content
- Collaborate with frontend, mobile, and product teams to ship reliable, well-tested features
- Optimize database queries, data pipelines, and system performance as usage scales
- Implement and maintain integrations with third-party services (such as wearable data providers)
- Monitor, debug, and improve the reliability, security, and observability of production systems
What we’re looking for
- Professional experience building backend systems in a modern language such as Node.js, Python, Go, Java, or Ruby
- Strong understanding of relational and/or NoSQL databases, API design, and data modeling
- Experience building and maintaining RESTful or GraphQL APIs in production
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and CI/CD practices
- Solid grasp of software engineering fundamentals: testing, version control, code review, and system design
- Comfortable working collaboratively in a small, fast-moving team
Nice to have
- Experience with wearable or health data integrations (e.g., HRV, sleep, or fitness tracking APIs)
- Experience building AI-assisted or recommendation-driven features
- Interest in or familiarity with hockey or athletic performance training
Ready to apply?
Applications for this role are handled on Land Early, our job board. You will finish the application there.