MagmaLabs

Backend Engineer

• Lead the architectural design, development, and continuous evolution of scalable backend applications using Node.js (preferably with TypeScript)
• Design and implement RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs with clear versioning, validation, documentation, and error-handling standards
• Optimize database performance (primarily PostgreSQL), including schema design, indexing strategies, query tuning, and transaction management
• Implement asynchronous processing, background jobs, and event-driven workflows using modern queue or messaging systems
• Design resilient integrations with third-party APIs and services (timeouts, retries, circuit breakers, monitoring)
• Ensure code quality and reliability through automated testing (unit, integration, and contract tests)
• Participate in code reviews, maintain high engineering standards, and actively mentor team members
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver end-to-end solutions
• Contribute to infrastructure and deployment processes (Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines)
• Improve production reliability through monitoring, logging, tracing, and performance optimization
• Maintain clear technical documentation, including architecture decisions and operational guidelines
• Take ownership of complex technical initiatives and drive them to completion independently

Senior Software Engineer, Node.js