Backend Engineer

• Own the platform’s technical direction, architecture, data model, security, testing, and code review
• Approve everything that ships, while the product founder signs off on visual changes
• Set up the test framework using Vitest, Playwright, and GitHub Actions as a merge gate
• Build and maintain foundations including Postgres with row-level security, authentication, Stripe billing, background jobs, transactional email, and third-party integrations
• Lead the launch of the new platform and migrate 60 customers from GoHighLevel without losing data
• Run a two-week parallel migration period
• Own production error tracking, logging, alerts, incident response, performance, and cost control
• Document the platform and help hire and lead the next engineer
• In the first 90 days, learn the code and build plan, ship a small fix, review everything that ships, own security and data protection, lead the launch, and migrate customers

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