Senior / Staff Backend Engineer (API) - Economy

Requirements

• We're looking for a Senior / Staff Backend Engineer (API) - Economy to join our Economy team. You will play a foundational role in architecting and evolving the systems that power how creators earn and how users transact across VRChat globally.
• If you're excited about building financial-grade systems for a thriving global creator ecosystem, this role could be the perfect fit.
• VRChat is an equal opportunity employer. We foster a diverse, creative, and collaborative environment where anyone can contribute meaningfully to our roadmap and mission. If you're a passionate engineer excited about building the economic foundation of the metaverse, we'd love to hear from you.
• All job offers are subject to satisfactory referencing and background checks
• 5+ years of experience in backend engineering for SaaS, fintech, marketplaces, or online platforms
• Deep proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript
• Strong experience with relational and non-relational databases (MySQL, MongoDB, Redis)
• Experience managing message queues, caching strategies, and WebSocket systems
• Proven experience building and maintaining external integrations (payment vendors, fintech platforms)
• Strong understanding of profiling, optimization tradeoffs, and observability
• Experience operating under PCI DSS, GDPR, and PII requirements
• Experience building subscription engines, marketplaces, accounting systems, or invoicing workflows
• Familiarity with AWS, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity across experimental and high-certainty requirements
• Experience working in complex, evolving codebases

Additional Information

Job Overview VRChat is known as one of the most vibrant social hangout immersive destinations - a place where people gather around shared interests, build communities, host events, and create entirely new worlds and experiences together. With over 250,000 user-created worlds and growing, the platform powers concerts, meetups, performances, niche communities, and creator-run businesses across VR, desktop, and mobile. People connect across time zones and cultures, and entire communities organize their social lives inside VRChat. It's a live, global creator ecosystem with meaningful scale and long-term momentum. We have built a team of experienced engineers and product leaders from companies such as Netflix, Meta, Microsoft, Roblox, Google, Amazon, Unity, Spotify, Discord, Twitch, and others. Backed by $100M from Makers Fund, Anthos Capital, and HTC, we're investing in durable platform infrastructure - including the economic systems that support creators and end-users worldwide. About the Economy Team The Economy team designs and operates the systems that power creator monetization and platform-wide transactions. Our work ensures creators can reliably earn income while the platform remains stable, sustainable, and built for long-term growth. Our team operates with high velocity and high impact-without sacrificing work-life integration. We value technical excellence, mutual respect, and solving hard problems together.

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