Backend Engineer

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