Backend Engineer – DevOps-oriented

SKELAR

Backend Engineer responsible for Node.js development and cloud infrastructure for healthtech company. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to build scalable backend solutions.

Posted 6/15/2026full-timeKyiv • 🇺🇦 UkraineMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDockerGraphQLJavaScriptKubernetesNode.jsTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and maintain backend applications using Node.js / TypeScript, NestJS, and GraphQL;
Write production-level code for product and engineering challenges — not only scripts or infrastructure configurations;
Contribute to infrastructure development: Google Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability, and deployment processes;
Help transform infrastructure that has grown alongside the product into a more mature, scalable, and well-structured platform;
Improve CI/CD processes to make releases more predictable, stable, and efficient;
Work with Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure to support reliable deployments, autoscaling, and service health;
Collaborate closely with product, growth, marketing, payments, analytics, and engineering teams;
Build technical solutions that support business growth across three core domains: Product, Growth/Marketing, and Payments;
Proactively identify technical risks, bottlenecks, and opportunities for improvement;
Use AI tools in your daily workflow to move faster, think broader, and improve product development processes;
Learn and apply new technologies, approaches, and tools that can help the team build better products faster.

Requirements

What you’ll need

4+ years of experience in building and maintaining backend applications in Node.js / TypeScript;
Hands-on experience with NestJS and GraphQL;
Practical experience with Google Cloud, Docker, and Kubernetes;
Experience working with infrastructure and setting up or improving CI/CD processes;
Ability to write production-level code and contribute to backend development when needed;
Experience working in cross-functional teams with product, analytics, marketing, or business stakeholders;
A proactive and responsible mindset with a focus on solving user and business problems;
Passion for learning new technologies, tools, or solutions that improve product development;
Upper-Intermediate English level or higher;
You are ahead of the AI adoption curve and actively use AI tools in your workflow.
Previous experience with data-driven decision-making, product analytics, and feature ownership culture (nice-to-have);
Experience in hiring or managing an engineering or product team (nice-to-have);
Hands-on experience with client-side technologies (nice-to-have);
Experience with data engineering and/or Machine Learning (nice-to-have);
Experience with platform engineering, developer experience, or internal tools (nice-to-have);
Experience with FinOps, infrastructure cost optimization, or cost monitoring (nice-to-have).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance and a corporate doctor
SKELAR Foundation — a charitable initiative supporting Ukraine

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Hard Skills & Tools

Node.jsTypeScriptNestJSGraphQLCI/CDDockerKubernetesGoogle Cloudproduction-level codedata engineering

Soft Skills

proactive mindsetresponsible mindsetproblem-solvingcollaborationcommunicationlearningcross-functional teamworkdata-driven decision-makingfeature ownershipmanagement