Director of Backend, DevOps Engineering
Lucra Sports
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Own backend delivery, execution quality, and roadmap alignment
- Translate product and business priorities into clear technical plans
- Improve test coverage, deployment confidence, and production quality
- Partner closely with DevOps to reduce incidents and improve system reliability
- Drive continuous improvement in uptime, performance, and operational maturity
- Conduct regular 1:1s with backend engineers to identify gaps, risks, and growth opportunities
Requirements
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
- 3+ years in senior technical leadership roles
- Strong hands-on experience with Node.js and TypeScript in production
- Experience building and scaling GraphQL APIs
- Deep familiarity with PostgreSQL
- Experience operating backend systems in AWS environments
- Proven ownership of production reliability and incident response
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Node.jsTypeScriptGraphQLPostgreSQLAWSbackend systemstest coveragedeployment confidenceproduction qualityincident response
Soft Skills
technical leadershipcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingmentorshipcontinuous improvementrisk identificationgrowth opportunities