Senior Backend Engineer

Edia

Senior Backend Engineer scaling Node.js applications for Edia, an AI-driven K-12 education startup. Leading backend systems design and collaborating with AI coding tools for efficiency.

Posted 6/10/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $180,000 - $250,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudJavaScriptNode.jsReact

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Architect and oversee backend systems across our product lineup and internal tooling
Guide AI coding assistants to implement large-scale changes and new features
Review, debug, and refine AI-generated code to production standards
Use AI internally to automate business operations
Ship full-stack features end-to-end

Requirements

What you’ll need

Fast at reading code, human or AI generated
Strong debugging skills and an eye for bugs
Capacity to envision large architectural changes and break them into steps an AI can execute
Ability to context switch and juggle multiple in flight tasks
Experience with Node.js and cloud infrastructure (AWS, containers, managed databases)
Comfort working across multiple codebases and problem domains
Frontend experience (React)—you'll be reading it regardless
Startup experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

Node.jsdebuggingAI code reviewfull-stack developmentcloud infrastructurecontainersmanaged databasesReact

Soft Skills

fast readingstrong debugging skillsarchitectural visioncontext switchingtask juggling