Backend Software Engineer

Pragmatike

Backend Software Engineer designing and scaling integration-heavy backend services for a fast-growing technology company. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to build reliable systems supporting mission-critical workflows.

Posted 6/16/2026full-timeNew York City • California, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $150,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsJavaScriptNode.jsTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop, and maintain backend services using TypeScript and NestJS.
Architect and implement scalable APIs, integrations, and event-driven systems.
Build and optimize high-throughput workflows that process large volumes of transactions and data.
Design data models, service architectures, and integration patterns for complex distributed systems.
Develop reliable asynchronous processing systems using queues, workers, and background jobs.
Collaborate with Product and cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Improve platform reliability, performance, and operational efficiency.
Implement observability best practices, including logging, monitoring, metrics, tracing, and alerting.
Contribute to API design, developer experience, documentation, and internal tooling.
Participate in architectural discussions and influence long-term platform strategy.
Leverage modern AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity and code quality.
Take ownership of projects from design through deployment and ongoing optimization.

Requirements

What you’ll need

4+ years of professional backend software engineering experience.
Strong proficiency in TypeScript and experience building production systems with NestJS or similar Node.js frameworks.
Proven experience designing and building scalable APIs and backend services.
Strong understanding of distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and asynchronous processing.
Experience integrating with third-party APIs, webhooks, and external platforms.
Solid system design skills and the ability to architect solutions that handle significant scale and complexity.
Experience working with observability tools, monitoring systems, and production troubleshooting.
Strong understanding of software engineering best practices, testing, and maintainability.
Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.
A proactive, ownership-driven mindset with the ability to work independently in a remote environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

TypeScriptNestJSAPI designasynchronous processingdistributed systemsevent-driven architecturessystem designobservabilitymonitoringproduction troubleshooting

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationownership-driven mindsetindependenceproactive