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Backend Engineer – Node.js, NestJS

Outlive

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $100,000 - $175,000 per year

About the role

  • Design and implement backend services using NestJS (v11) and TypeScript
  • Build secure, well-validated REST APIs using zod, class-validator, and OpenAPI
  • Implement role-based access control and JWT validation using Google Identity
  • Model and manage relational data using Prisma and Postgres
  • Implement background jobs and async workflows using Cloud Tasks
  • Integrate with external services (OCR, scheduling APIs, third-party data sources)
  • Ensure observability through structured logging, metrics, and Sentry
  • Write unit and integration tests using Jest
  • Collaborate closely with frontend and infra engineers on system design and deployment

Requirements

  • 5+ years of backend engineering experience
  • Strong experience with Node.js and TypeScript
  • Production experience with NestJS or similar structured backend frameworks
  • Experience designing APIs and data models for complex domains
  • Familiarity with relational databases and ORMs
  • Strong security mindset, especially around auth and data access
  • Experience optimizing Postgres data interactions
  • Strong familiarity with building distributed systems, related practical design considerations, and patterns for scaling such systems in the cloud
Benefits
  • 100% employer-paid medical, vision, and dental insurance (multiple plans available).
  • 100% employer-paid life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability insurance.
  • Employer-sponsored HSA contributions for HDHP medical plans
  • Additional HSA and FSA spending account plans for employees
  • 401(k) with a 5% company match.
  • Generous PTO and holiday schedule.
  • Company-issued technology and work-from-home stipend.
  • A chance to shape a product, and a company, from the ground up.
  • The opportunity to work at the forefront of health and longevity science with a team of world-class professionals dedicated to precision, mastery, and excellence.
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Hard Skills & Tools
NestJSTypeScriptREST APIszodclass-validatorOpenAPIJWTPrismaPostgresJest
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationsecurity mindsetsystem design