
Senior BE TypeScript Engineer
Distro
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $80,000 - $120,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Design, build, and maintain performant backend services in TypeScript
- Support and optimize production ready backend systems
- Integrate and manage services like PostgreSQL, MySQL, AWS SQS, and Centrifugo
- Collaborate with the lead AI backend engineer to integrate with our AI infrastructure
- Ensure high system reliability, security, and observability across services
- Own and drive end-to-end feature development with a strong eye on user experience
- Champion clean code, technical excellence, and continuous improvement
- Maintain, modernize, and migrate legacy code
Requirements
- 5+ years of backend development experience
- Expert-level proficiency in TypeScript
- Experience with functional programming
- Deep experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, and service based architectures
- Proven ability to work independently while collaborating closely with key teammates
- Passion for building systems that deliver exceptional customer experiences
- Strong debugging, testing, and performance-tuning skills
- Familiarity with genomics, health data, or personalization systems
- Startup or fast-paced environment experience
- Familiar with Rust
- Work with OpenAI APIs and other AI frameworks to build intelligent, personalized user experiences
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
TypeScriptPostgreSQLMySQLfunctional programmingdebuggingtestingperformance tuningRustOpenAI APIsservice based architectures
Soft Skills
collaborationindependencecustomer experience focusclean code advocacytechnical excellencecontinuous improvementstrong eye on user experience