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WHOOP
Full time
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USA
11/02/2026
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Boston, MA

Responsibilities

Set technical direction, architecture, and roadmaps for critical Business Systems domains.
Architect, develop, and maintain backend services, APIs, integrations, internal tools, and related user experiences.
Build systems supporting supply and demand planning, inventory management, order management, fulfillment and logistics, membership services, and other business functions.
Lead complex technical initiatives from discovery through production rollout while coordinating dependencies across teams and vendors.
Improve security, resilience, reliability, observability, automated testing, access controls, and incident-informed system design.
Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business workflows and needs into technical solutions.
Mentor engineers and improve technical decision-making through hands-on development, design and code reviews, and documentation.

Requirements

BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
8+ years of professional backend software engineering experience.
Experience delivering and operating production software for complex business workflows with technical leadership across multiple systems or teams.
Experience evaluating architectural tradeoffs across custom software and third-party platforms, including business value, security, reliability, and maintenance.
Deep expertise designing APIs, working with relational databases, and integrating enterprise applications or cloud services.
Proficiency in at least one modern backend programming language such as Java, Python, or Go, with experience writing maintainable and well-tested code.
Experience with resilient, high-throughput data processing, task automation, streamlined workflows, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure.
Experience mentoring engineers and influencing cross-functional partners.
Ability to turn ambiguous business needs into practical technical plans and communicate clearly with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
Commitment to using AI tools while maintaining the same quality standards as personal contributions.
Ability to work from WHOOP’s Boston, Massachusetts office and relocate if necessary.

Benefits

The role is based in WHOOP’s Boston, MA office, with relocation required if necessary.
WHOOP is an equal opportunity employer and participates in E-Verify.

Salary: $170k - $230k/yr

WHOOP

WHOOP builds a wearable health and performance tracker paired with an analytics app that measures sleep, recovery, and strain for athletes and health‑conscious consumers. Its business model combines device sales with a recurring membership that unlocks coaching features and insights. Founded in 2...

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