
Principal Backend Engineer – Hybrid
Parts Town
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Addison • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $133,164 - $179,711 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Design, architect, and optimize scalable microservices that power eCommerce and enterprise platforms.
- Drive backend architecture and ensure seamless integration across systems like commerce, CMS, ERP, PIM, and marketing.
- Champion best practices in modularization, API design, and event-driven architectures.
- Leverage Node.js, TypeScript, Docker, Kubernetes, and serverless technologies to create secure, high-performance services.
- Own backend engineering policies, CI/CD pipelines, and testing automation to ensure reliable deployments.
- Define logging, observability, and disaster recovery strategies, ensuring high availability.
- Collaborate with frontend, DevOps, and data teams to optimize system performance.
- Mentor engineers and contribute to architectural decisions.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in backend system design, eCommerce, and distributed applications
- Expertise in Node.js, TypeScript, and cloud-native platforms (Azure preferred)
- Knowledgeable of databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis), microservices, event-driven architectures (Kafka, NATS), and API standards (REST, GraphQL)
- Experience with unit, integration, and contract testing (Jest, Mocha, Pact) and CI/CD (Terraform, Pulumi)
- Familiar with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), serverless computing, Kubernetes, and containerization
- Proven ability to mentor engineers and collaborate across teams
Benefits
- Quarterly profit-sharing bonus
- Hybrid Work schedule
- Team member appreciation events and recognition programs
- Volunteer opportunities
- Monthly IT stipend
- Casual dress code
- On-demand pay options: Access your pay as you earn it, to cover unexpected or even everyday expenses
- health insurance
- 401k/401k match
- employee assistance programs
- time away
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Node.jsTypeScriptmicroservicesevent-driven architecturesAPI designdatabasesunit testingintegration testingCI/CDcloud-native platforms
Soft Skills
mentoringcollaborationarchitectural decision-making