Software Engineer, Backend

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. Own features end-to-end, from proposing ideas and scoping projects to building APIs, dashboard experiences, and the services behind them .

Posted 9/18/2026full-timeRemoteSeniorLead💰 $140,000 - $180,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in building and operating backend services, with a strong focus on distributed systems, API design, and cloud infrastructure management. Proficient in enhancing system performance and reliability while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

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8+ Years Of Software Engineering ExperienceBackend Services DevelopmentDistributed Systems DesignNode.js, TypeScript, Go, PostgresAWS Infrastructure Management

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Hard Skills

API DesignRelational Data ModelsAsynchronous ProcessingInfrastructure As CodeSystem MonitoringDatabase Performance TuningTraffic ManagementTesting And Tooling ImprovementCloud Infrastructure UnderstandingService Operations

Soft Skills

Clear Written And Spoken EnglishCollaboration With Support And Customers

Tools & Technologies

TerraformAWS CDKServerless InfrastructureContainer-Based InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsPublic APIsEmail Infrastructure

Industry Keywords

Distributed SystemsProduction InfrastructureMonitoring And ObservabilityCapacity ManagementDebugging Production Issues

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsJavaScriptNode.jsPostgresTerraformTypeScriptGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own features end-to-end, from proposing ideas and scoping projects to building APIs, dashboard experiences, and the services behind them
Build reliable distributed systems, including queues and background workers that handle traffic spikes, retries, and failures predictably
Scale APIs and databases, improving performance, data integrity, and efficiency as usage grows
Operate built systems with meaningful monitoring, safe deployments, and participation in the on-call rotation
Work closely with support and customers to understand recurring problems and turn them into product improvements
Improve engineering quality by strengthening tests, tooling, and existing systems alongside building new capabilities

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of software engineering experience
Substantial experience building and operating backend services in production
Experience with queues, asynchronous processing, and distributed systems
Ability to design systems from scratch and think through their rollout
Understanding of cloud infrastructure and service operations, including deployments, observability, capacity, and debugging production issues
Experience designing APIs and relational data models
Experience diagnosing slow queries and making safe database changes
Experience managing production infrastructure with infrastructure as code, using tools such as Terraform or AWS CDK
Comfortable working across the stack to deliver a complete product experience
Clear written and spoken English
Ability to consistently work with overlap during Americas working hours
Deep experience with Node.js, TypeScript, Go, and Postgres
Experience building and operating services on AWS, using serverless or container-based infrastructure
Experience with developer tools, public APIs, or email infrastructure

Benefits

Comp & perks

Fully remote work
Flexibility around shared working hours
Meaningful ownership and autonomy
Collaborative, low-ego team environment
Remote team with flexibility around shared working hours
Expected travel for team offsites, conferences, meetups, and more