• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs that power the Hook product • Partner closely with frontend engineers to define and implement clean, efficient API contracts • Architect systems that support high-throughput content creation, media processing, and social interactions • Optimize performance, reliability, and latency across core product flows • Contribute to database design, schema evolution, and data modeling decisions • Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting to ensure system health and observability • Participate in technical design discussions and help shape long-term backend architecture • Support experimentation and rapid iteration by building flexible, modular systems