Backend Software Engineer

Jump

full-time

Posted on: 8/28/2025

Location: 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $150,000 per year

Mid-LevelSenior

AWSDistributed SystemsDockerDynamoDBJavaScriptNode.jsTypeScript

About the role

Contribute to the design and development of scalable backend services in TypeScript and Node.js
Build and maintain systems across serverless (Lambda, EventBridge, DynamoDB) and containerized (Fargate, Docker) environments
Collaborate with senior/staff engineers on architectural decisions and technical direction
Develop and improve features across our core systems, ensuring reliability and performance
Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and knowledge sharing sessions
Help evolve internal standards, patterns, and best practices alongside the team

4+ years of software engineering experience
Experience building backend systems in production using TypeScript (or JavaScript) and Node.js
Familiarity with a range of AWS services — such as Lambda, Fargate, DynamoDB, SQS, and EventBridge
Understanding of serverless and/or containerized architectures, and an interest in learning tradeoffs between them
Exposure to event-driven architecture or distributed systems
Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills
Experience contributing to technical design discussions or project planning
Familiarity with payments, orders, or other large-scale transactional systems
A strong desire to learn
Tenacity
Passion
Empathy
Customer-centric mindset
Innovation: Passion for exploring and implementing AI technologies to enhance automation, optimize workflows, and drive innovation