Design, build, and maintain backend services that power mission-critical platform functions within your team’s scope
Optimize data models and system performance to improve scalability, reliability, and maintainability
Work across APIs, databases, and deployment systems to deliver cohesive, production-ready solutions
Diagnose and resolve performance, scalability, and reliability issues in production
Contribute to architecture discussions and collaborate on high-availability system design
Implement and improve monitoring, alerting, and operational practices
Balance long-term code quality with pragmatic delivery to meet team goals

Requirements

6+ years of experience in backend software development
Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages (e.g., Node.js, Python, Java, Go)
Deep understanding of scalable API design (REST, GraphQL, gRPC), data modeling, distributed systems, and performance/reliability best practices
Hands-on experience with relational and/or non-relational databases, containerization, and cloud infrastructure (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS/GCP/Azure)
Experience owning and delivering complex, well-scoped backend initiatives within a team
Strong architectural judgment within team boundaries and ability to contribute meaningfully to system design discussions
Ability to recognize bottlenecks and adjust course when needed; willingness to escalate when complexity expands significantly beyond team scope
Experience collaborating across teams (i.e., product, frontend, and DevOps) to deliver high-quality, end-to-end solutions
Experience operating in moderate ambiguity, maintaining steady execution and clear communication across PRs and design discussions
Track record of delivering complex projects in fast-paced or demanding environments
Preferred Qualifications: Background in mission-critical domains, experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment workflows, prior experience driving architecture and system design decisions for complex, high-scale applications, knowledge of event-driven and service-oriented architectures (Kafka, Pub/Sub, microservices), familiarity with observability stacks (logging, metrics, tracing) and incident response practices, experience with data sharding and logical data partitioning strategies, experience with message queues, streaming platforms, or event buses, experience working with security/compliance requirements (e.g., SOC2, FedRAMP, HIPAA).

Benefits

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible work hours
Paid time off
Professional development opportunities

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

backend software developmentNode.jsPythonJavaGoAPI designdata modelingdistributed systemsperformance best practicesreliability best practices

Soft Skills

architectural judgmentcollaborationclear communicationproblem-solvingadaptabilityexecution in ambiguityteamworkdelivery under pressureinitiativeescalation