Senior Backend Engineer

About the role

Design and build scalable services and APIs to drive existing and new features for web applications.
Architect and maintain robust backend systems, database models, and infrastructure that power our platform.
Analyze product requirements and produce high-quality, production-ready code with a focus on system reliability and performance.
Maintain the health of our systems and codebase, refactor and make improvements, and keep our systems robust and resilient.
Jump into frontend code when needed to support the team and ship features end-to-end.
Be autonomous. You'll take full ownership of your work, and you take responsibility and accountability for every last detail, every step of the way.
Be a collaborator. You'll work with other engineers and cross-functional partners in product and design to build a world-class product and lead new initiatives to improve our user experience.
Write clear specs to ensure product/code quality for stress-free deployment.
Drive large releases to production on a continuous deployment cadence.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable services and APIs to drive existing and new features for web applications.
• Architect and maintain robust backend systems, database models, and infrastructure that power our platform.
• Analyze product requirements and produce high-quality, production-ready code with a focus on system reliability and performance.
• Maintain the health of our systems and codebase, refactor and make improvements, and keep our systems robust and resilient.
• Jump into frontend code when needed to support the team and ship features end-to-end.
• Be autonomous. You'll take full ownership of your work, and you take responsibility and accountability for every last detail, every step of the way.
• Be a collaborator. You'll work with other engineers and cross-functional partners in product and design to build a world-class product and lead new initiatives to improve our user experience.
• Write clear specs to ensure product/code quality for stress-free deployment.
• Drive large releases to production on a continuous deployment cadence.

Requirements

Experience working in a start-up environment.
5+ years of relevant experience in backend development with some frontend exposure.
Strong fundamentals in API design, database architecture, and distributed systems.
Expertise in Typescript/Node and backend frameworks.
Comfort with React and frontend technologies—you can jump in and contribute when needed, even if it's not your primary focus.
An intuitive understanding of what it takes to create performant, scalable systems that power delightful user experiences.
Strong communication skills that help you influence product direction and help collaborative visions come to life.
Extreme bias toward action and execution. You get antsy if you're not writing code, improving the codebase, and vigilantly enhancing the systems that represent the big-thinking work.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a start-up environment.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in backend development with some frontend exposure.
• Strong fundamentals in API design, database architecture, and distributed systems.
• Expertise in Typescript/Node and backend frameworks.
• Comfort with React and frontend technologies—you can jump in and contribute when needed, even if it's not your primary focus.
• An intuitive understanding of what it takes to create performant, scalable systems that power delightful user experiences.
• Strong communication skills that help you influence product direction and help collaborative visions come to life.
• Extreme bias toward action and execution. You get antsy if you're not writing code, improving the codebase, and vigilantly enhancing the systems that represent the big-thinking work.

Skills

• Typescript
• NestJS API
• TypeORM
• Postgres
• Redis
• Heroku
• React
• Custom UI library built on shadcn
• Tailwind

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

$150K - $200K

Schedule

Not specified