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Backend Developer at Guild in Remote
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Job Description
At Guild, we believe talent is everywhere and that opportunity should be too. We continue to have our home and headquarters in Denver, but we have embraced a distributed model of working to reach the best talent in the United States. While some roles may require proximity to our Denver office, roles based outside of our Denver office can sit in any of the following 32 states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI and Washington D.C. Please only apply if you are able to live and work full-time in one of the states listed above. State locations and specifics are subject to change as our hiring requirements shift.
If you are an Internal Candidate, please apply via our Internal Job Board.
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To thrive as a company and meet our impact goals, we must cultivate a culture of high-performance. We know managers are often the single-largest driver of employee satisfaction and growth, and our talent is our biggest asset. Because of that, we’ve identified consistent expectations for all of Guild’s people managers — helping you know what to expect from your experience here.
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Guild.com is the backbone of our marketing strategy and a critical growth engine in service of Guild's mission to unlock opportunity for the American workforce. As a Backend Developer, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the backend infrastructure that powers our headless website. You will leverage Storyblok as a headless CMS, integrate it with frontend technologies like Next.js and React, and manage deployment via Vercel and GitHub. Your work will directly enable our team to continuously improve the site's effectiveness and reach.
As Backend Developer, you will:
- Maintain and improve robust backend systems that support Next.js and React applications, ensuring high performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Implement and manage integrations between Storyblok CMS and the frontend, using RESTful APIs to enable seamless dynamic content management.
- Own backend infrastructure deployment and hosting via Vercel and GitHub, including CI/CD pipeline implementation and maintenance.
- Optimize backend code and APIs for speed, efficiency, and scalability, proactively identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks.
- Partner closely with the Senior Web Manager to troubleshoot and debug backend issues, upholding high standards for quality and reliability.
- Maintain security best practices across all backend development and deployment activities.
- Write clean, reusable, and well-documented backend code; participate in code reviews and champion adherence to engineering standards.
- Stay current on emerging backend technologies and tools; make recommendations for adoption, build buy-in, and create novel solutions that deliver measurable business or technical value.
You are a strong fit for this role if you have:
- Demonstrated experience building and maintaining backend systems that support modern JavaScript frameworks such as Next.js and React.
- Hands-on experience with headless CMS platforms (Storyblok or similar) and integrating them with frontend applications via RESTful APIs.
- Proficiency with cloud-based deployment and hosting platforms, particularly Vercel, and experience managing CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong understanding of backend security best practices and the ability to apply them consistently in development and deployment.
- A track record of writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented code, with experience participating in collaborative code review processes.
Preferred Competencies:
- Experience working within a marketing or growth-focused web environment, with an understanding of how backend systems contribute to site performance and conversion.
- Familiarity with GitHub-based workflows and version control best practices in a collaborative engineering team.
- Ability to identify and champion new technology adoption with a business case mindset.
We are committed to equal pay for equal work and believe in compensation transparency. All salary ranges are standardized nationwide and will not vary by region. This role offers a competitive total compensation package, including a base salary of $130,000 - $159,000 and stock options. Compensation offered will be based on a combination of factors such as experience, competencies, and internal equity.
Posting Date: March 19, 2026
This role will be open for a minimum of 1 day.
Guild partners with the country’s most innovative employers, including Chipotle, Target, Walgreens, JPMorgan Chase, Hilton, Spectrum, PepsiCo, Tyson, and more, to build the talent needed for today and a resilient workforce for tomorrow. Guild helps employers identify, develop, and mobilize internal talent, enabling workers to gain skills for in-demand roles and companies to stay agile.
By connecting employees to real-world learning, coaching, and career support, and providing companies with actionable talent insights, Guild transforms all talent into high-impact contributors and positions companies for long-term, sustainable growth. For more information, visit https://www.guild.com.
Guild is a female-founded, certified B Corp. The company has been recognized by Fortune’s Change the World list (2021, 2025), the Forbes Cloud 100 (2020–2025), Great Place to Work (2022–2025), CNBC’s Disruptor 50 (2021–2024), TIME’s 100 Most Influential Companies (2022), Inc.’s Best-Led Companies (2021), Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas (2020), and B Lab’s Best for the World (2019), among many others.
Guild is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let your recruiter know. We currently offer the following benefits:
- Access to low-cost, high-quality health care options through Collective Health and Kaiser (due to coverage limitations, Kaiser is currently only available in CA & CO)
- Access to a 401k to help save for the future
- Vacation policy to rest and recharge
- 8 days of fully-paid sick leave, to take the time to heal and or recover
- Family-friendly benefits, including 12 weeks of parental leave for non-birthing parents and 18-20 weeks for birthing parents; 4-week ramp-up period for when employees return from a leave of 6 weeks or more; as well as employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, employer-sponsored life insurance, fertility and caregiving benefits.
- Well-rounded wellness benefits including free and low cost mental health resources and financial wellbeing support services
- Education benefits and tuition assistance to help your future development and growth
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