Senior Software Engineer (Backend, Growth)
Company: WHOOP
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Salary: $150k - $215k per year
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-09-11
About this role
- The Growth Team at WHOOP is a fast-paced, experimentation-driven group focused on driving user acquisition, activation, and retention
- We take a data-driven approach to everything we do, frequently measuring the performance of our features and iterating based on those results
- As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a key role in building backend services that directly impact our business metrics and accelerate member growth
- You’ll work cross-functionally to deliver high-leverage features and contribute to system architecture decisions, helping WHOOP scale to millions of members
- Design and build scalable and reliable backend services to support growth experiments, e-commerce flows, and member engagement initiatives
- Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and cross-functional Engineering teams to define and deliver impactful features
- Maintain and optimize APIs and infrastructure using Java, Kafka, Postgres, and AWS technologies
- Take ownership of end-to-end development, from breaking down requirements to implementation, testing, deployment, and monitoring
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the growth of engineering best practices across the team
### Benefits
- Flexible Vacation: WHOOP has a flexible vacation policy that allows you to unwind, laptop-free, when you need it most.
- Focus on Family: We offer 18 weeks paid parental leave, plus an additional 2 weeks to gradually return to work.
- Get Invested: In addition to a competitive base salary and 401k, you’re eligible to receive stock options to share in the future of WHOOP.
- WHOOP +1: Everyone on the team gets a complimentary WHOOP membership—plus another membership to share with a loved one.
- Health Matters: Our competitive benefits package covers medical, dental, and vision, in addition to mental health services, life and disability insurance, and more.
- Find Your Fit: Full-time employees get $500 a year to spend on wellness in whatever way they see fit, from fitness classes and...