Senior Backend Engineer, Nest.js

Newfire Global Partners

Senior Backend Nest.js Engineer developing scalable backend services using Nest.js for a tech firm. Collaborating with frontend teams and mentoring junior engineers in a fully remote setup.

Posted 4/27/2026full-timeRemote • 🇨🇴 ColombiaSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDockerDrupalElasticSearchGraphQLJavaScriptMicroservicesMongoDBMySQL.NETNoSQLPHPRabbitMQRedisSQLTerraformTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and maintain backend services/APIs using Nest.js, MongoDB, and TypeScript.
Architect scalable, maintainable, and secure microservices / modular applications.
Collaborate with frontend teams, product managers, and UX to translate requirements into robust endpoints.
Ensure high test coverage: unit, integration, end-to-end tests.
Optimize performance, reliability, and scalability of existing systems.
Participate in code reviews, provide technical feedback and mentor junior engineers.
Work on CI/CD, observability (metrics/logging), deployment, and rollback plans.
Maintain good API documentation and versioning.
Stay up-to-date with backend innovations, security best practices, and apply improvements.
As a Senior team member, you will be expected to actively participate in our hiring processes by serving on interview panels for future roles across the company.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of professional experience building backend services / APIs, with at least 2+ years working with Nest.js in production.
Deep proficiency in TypeScript; solid understanding of JavaScript core.
Strong design skills in API architecture: REST.
Experience with NoSQL document databases (particularly MongoDB); schema design, query optimization, migrations.
Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration.
Experience with Lucene-based search (MongoDB Atlas, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, or similar).
Experience using vector embeddings and AI API features.
Experience building modular systems / microservices.
Thorough experience with testing (unit, integration, mocks, error paths).
Strong skills in version control (Git), code reviews, and CI/CD pipelines.
Good understanding of cloud deployments (e.g., AWS, Azure, or comparable) and shipping services to production with monitoring, logging, alerting.
Excellent problem-solving skills, ability to debug complex issues in production.
Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to articulate trade-offs, document work.
Experience with domain-specific complexities: high-traffic load, data-intensive operations, health or content-heavy applications.
Exposure to streaming, event-driven architecture; experience with related tools like Redis, BullMQ, RabbitMQ, etc.
Experience with GraphQL, WebSocket, or real-time features.
Familiarity with Drupal and PHP.
Experience with SQL databases (MSSQL, MySQL, or similar).
Familiarity with .NET.
Familiarity with multitenant systems.
Familiarity with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.).
Experience with performance tuning, caching strategies, rate limiting, etc.
Previous experience with mentoring / leading small teams

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Design, build, and maintain backend services/APIs using Nest.js, MongoDB, and TypeScript.
Architect scalable, maintainable, and secure microservices / modular applications.
Collaborate with frontend teams, product managers, and UX to translate requirements into robust endpoints.
Ensure high test coverage: unit, integration, end-to-end tests.
Optimize performance, reliability, and scalability of existing systems.
Participate in code reviews, provide technical feedback and mentor junior engineers.
Work on CI/CD, observability (metrics/logging), deployment, and rollback plans.
Maintain good API documentation and versioning.
Stay up-to-date with backend innovations, security best practices, and apply improvements.
As a Senior team member, you will be expected to actively participate in our hiring processes by serving on interview panels for future roles across the company. 🎯 Requirements
5+ years of professional experience building backend services / APIs, with at least 2+ years working with Nest.js in production.
Deep proficiency in TypeScript; solid understanding of JavaScript core.
Strong design skills in API architecture: REST.
Experience with NoSQL document databases (particularly MongoDB); schema design, query optimization, migrations.
Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration.
Experience with Lucene-based search (MongoDB Atlas, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, or similar).
Experience using vector embeddings and AI API features.
Experience building modular systems / microservices.
Thorough experience with testing (unit, integration, mocks, error paths).
Strong skills in version control (Git), code reviews, and CI/CD pipelines.
Good understanding of cloud deployments (e.g., AWS, Azure, or comparable) and shipping services to production with monitoring, logging, alerting.
Excellent problem-solving skills, ability to debug complex issues in production.
Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to articulate trade-offs, document work.
Experience with domain-specific complexities: high-traffic load, data-intensive operations, health or content-heavy applications.
Exposure to streaming, event-driven architecture; experience with related tools like Redis, BullMQ, RabbitMQ, etc.
Experience with GraphQL, WebSocket, or real-time features.
Familiarity with Drupal and PHP.
Experience with SQL databases (MSSQL, MySQL, or similar).
Familiarity with .NET.
Familiarity with multitenant systems.
Familiarity with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.).
Experience with performance tuning, caching strategies, rate limiting, etc.
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Hard Skills & Tools

Nest.jsTypeScriptJavaScriptAPI architectureMongoDBDockerElasticsearchGraphQLSQL databasesperformance tuning

Soft Skills

problem-solvingcommunicationmentoringcollaborationtechnical feedbackcode reviewsarticulating trade-offsdebuggingparticipation in hiringorganizational skills