Senior Backend Engineer (Booking Integrations, Contract)
Summary
Contract (4-6 months, extendable) senior backend engineer to build Go services and AWS infrastructure that integrate Aescape with three third-party booking platforms, then document and hand off the setup. Core work is Go, AWS, and third-party API integrations during 11am-5pm ET hours.
Aescape is a New York-based physical AI and robotics company redefining human recovery through intelligent, precision bodywork, elevating it into a consistent, outcomes-driven practice.
Powered by real-time body mapping, advanced robotics, and proprietary software, Aescape delivers deeply personalized bodywork that continuously adapts to the individual. This creates a superior way for members to move with greater ease, recover more efficiently, and optimize how they feel every single day.
Aescape is building a defining brand for recovery, shifting behavior from a sporadic experience into a progressive, measurable routine, unlocking compounding benefits that build lasting resilience and laying the groundwork for an entirely new category of proactive human health and performance.
Aescape powers recovery across leading fitness, hospitality, and wellness environments, including Equinox, Life Time, Marriott, Hilton, Four Seasons, Pause Studios, and Remedy Place, and is backed by Valor Equity Partners, BroadLight Capital, and Mecha Ventures.
Aescape is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer (Booking Integrations, Contract) who can stand up and ship the services that connect Aescape to third-party booking platforms. You will set up the infrastructure for our third-party integration services, build three third-party booking platform integrations, and leave behind a setup that is easy to maintain. This is a contract engagement of 4 to 6 months with the possibility of extension or conversion to full time.
This role requires availability in core business hours Eastern Time (11am to 5pm ET) for candidates based anywhere in the US.
What You'll Do
Review Aescape’s service and infrastructure templates and set up a skeleton service that follows our template Go service and best practices
Set up the infrastructure for running the third-party integration services so ongoing maintenance stays light
Implement each booking platform integration within this infrastructure, communicating with Aescape’s general third-party booking integration service (3 total third-party platforms in this contract)
Work actively with the Aescape backend and infrastructure teams, giving feedback that improves the Aescape API and infrastructure template
Set up an infrastructure maintenance plan and hand off the work at the end of the engagement
Potential for future work: fixing integrations when third parties introduce breaking API changes, adding more booking providers, priority consideration when expanding the full-time roles on the backend team
What You’ll Bring
5+ years of backend engineering, with recent production Golang experience
Experience building and shipping third-party API integrations in production, ideally booking, scheduling, payments or CRM systems
Experience taking a service from skeleton to production and handing it off with clear documentation
Comfort working with vendor APIs that are inconsistent or thinly documented
Experience with AWS and infrastructure setup for backend services
A track record of working independently, as a contractor or in a role with high ownership
Based in the United States and able to work as a 1099 independent contractor
Compensation: $150 per hour as a 1099 independent contractor, for an engagement of 4 to 6 months.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Aescape is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. The salary range listed above is a good-faith estimate provided in accordance with New York City's pay transparency law.
Begin Your Aescape Career Journey
At Aescape, we're on a mission to redefine self-care for a better world, and we're seeking trailblazers to join us on this journey. We're inspired by individuals who are passionate, driven, and eager to learn. We value diverse perspectives and resourceful, determined individuals who are committed to making a difference. At Aescape, we empower people to reach their full potential, just as our product empowers better living. If you're ready to innovate, create, and make a meaningful impact, we want you on our team.
YOUR JOURNEY. YOUR AESCAPE.
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Name, Email, Resume
Short answers (8)
- What pronouns do you use? optional
- Phone
- LinkedIn Profile
- Other URL optional
- In what city and state do you currently reside?
- What is your earliest available start date, and are you looking for full-time or part-time work?
- What is your expected hourly rate for this contract?
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- Are you authorized to work in the U.S. without restriction?
- Will you require sponsorship or a visa transfer to work in the U.S., now or in the future?
- Do you currently reside in the US?
- Are you able to work as a 1099 independent contractor?
- Are you able to work during core Eastern Time business hours (11am to 5pm ET)?
Written answers (4)
- Please describe your most recent production Golang experience: what you built, roughly when, and for how long.
- Describe a third-party API integration you built and shipped in production.
- Please share your AI tools experience. E.g. Cursor, Claude Code, etc.
- Why Aescape? optional