AppCard, Inc.

About the Company

Founded in 2011 by the team behind ICQ, Dotomi and Jajah--and backed by Peter Thiel, (via Founders Fund), Eric Schmidt (via Innovation endeavors) and Jerry Yang, AppCard disrupts traditional retail sales with its global platform for data-driven marketing. We analyze, target, and engage your customers to increase their lifetime value.

The AppCard Dashboard offers brick and mortar businesses greater insight into the health of their business than ever before. AppCard's patented technology captures 100% of item-level transaction data, in real time, and works with any POS system. AppCard delivers actionable insight to business owners via the AppCard Dashboard, where users have access to over 100 reports detailing transactions and product sales across locations.

By adding an AppCard Rewards Program, business owners are able to also capture customer identities and associate them with item-level transaction data. Combining customer identities with real-time transaction data allows business owners to truly know their customers, and to provide a personalized, customer-centric experience. AppCard's data-driven marketing campaigns automatically deliver the right message, to the right customer, at the right time, via SMS, email, or in-app push notifications.

Listed Jobs

Company Name

AppCard, Inc.

Job Title

Backend Developer

Job Description

Job Title: Backend Developer Role Summary: Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high‑performance backend services for a data‑driven marketing platform. Lead end‑to‑end delivery of features, ensuring robust architecture, clean code, and efficient deployment. Expectations: - 5+ years of hands‑on experience building distributed systems. - Proven ability to work independently from conception through production. - Strong communication across engineering, product, and customer‑facing teams. - Commitment to high‑quality code, documentation, and continuous improvement. Key Responsibilities: - Architect and implement scalable micro‑services in Python. - Participate in design and architecture reviews. - Troubleshoot and resolve systemic performance issues. - Collaborate cross‑functionally with support, product, and business teams. - Evaluate and integrate new technologies and frameworks. - Lead on code quality, documentation, and reduction of technical debt. - Deploy and maintain services on cloud platforms, primarily AWS. Required Skills: - Deep understanding of computer science fundamentals. - Expert in Python programming. - Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL). - Familiarity with cloud services (AWS – EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, etc.). - Knowledge of distributed system design patterns. - Proficiency with version control (Git), unit/integration testing, CI/CD pipelines. - Ability to write clear documentation and perform code reviews. - Strong problem‑solving and proactive issue‑raising skills. - Excellent communication and stakeholder management. - (Optional) Knowledge of Java. Required Education & Certifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field. - Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Developer/Architect) are a plus.

New york, United states

On site

Mid level

30-01-2026

Company Name

AppCard, Inc.

Job Title

Senior System Engineer

Job Description

**Job Title** Senior System Engineer **Role Summary** A hands‑on, operational engineering role focused on maintaining Linux production and customer‑facing POS infrastructure, automating configuration, troubleshooting network and database issues, and ensuring high system reliability for mission‑critical retail environments. **Expectations** - Deliver rapid, effective incident resolution and root‑cause analysis for complex infrastructure and network problems. - Lead automation initiatives to increase consistency, speed, and reliability across the Linux stack. - Maintain continuous system stability and excellent customer experience while balancing multiple concurrent priorities. **Key Responsibilities** - Administer, monitor, and troubleshoot Linux production and POS‑integrated systems. - Design, implement, and maintain Ansible‑based automation for configuration management and deployments. - Diagnose and resolve TCP/IP protocol‑level issues (routing, connectivity, latency, packet loss). - Troubleshoot POS networks, on‑prem edge devices, and cloud data pipelines. - Serve as escalation point for recurring incidents; conduct root‑cause analysis and implement long‑term remediation. - Perform SQL‑based database troubleshooting, data validation, and basic performance tuning. - Collaborate with engineering, product, and support teams on infrastructure, configuration, and application defects. - Use monitoring and observability tools to detect, analyze, and resolve performance and reliability issues. - Document architecture, runbooks, operational procedures, and customer‑facing technical guidance. - Build and maintain internal and external technical knowledge bases. - Participate in off‑hour and weekend on‑call rotations for mission‑critical systems. **Required Skills** - Linux system administration in production environments. - Proficiency with Ansible for automation and configuration management. - Deep knowledge of the TCP/IP protocol stack and hands‑on protocol‑level troubleshooting. - Experience supporting or integrating with POS/retail technology environments. - Working knowledge of SQL and database troubleshooting. - Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus). - Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills. - Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced, customer‑centric setting. - Scripting experience (Bash, Python) is a plus. **Required Education & Certifications** - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience). - 3+ years in Systems Engineering, Technical Operations, or advanced Technical Support roles.

New york city, United states

On site

Senior

09-03-2026