
Senior Backend Software Engineer
UPROSPECT
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $5,000 - $6,000 per month
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
JavaScriptNode.jsPostgresTypeScript
About the role
- Own backend initiatives end-to-end, from design to deployment
- Design, optimize, and maintain PostgreSQL database schemas, queries, and data models
- Improve backend performance, scalability, and reliability across the system
- Identify and resolve architectural bottlenecks in existing services
- Build and maintain backend services and APIs using Node.js / TypeScript
- Strengthen system robustness, monitoring, and long-term maintainability
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional backend engineering experience in production environments
- Deep, hands-on experience with Node.js using JavaScript and TypeScript
- 6+ years working with relational databases, including PostgreSQL
- Proven experience scaling and hardening live SaaS systems used by real customers
- Strong understanding of system performance, reliability, and long-term maintainability
- Ability to operate independently, identify bottlenecks, and propose solutions without detailed direction
Benefits
- Fully remote
- Holidays + PTOs
- Growth opportunities
- USD payment
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
backend engineeringPostgreSQLNode.jsTypeScriptAPI developmentdatabase schema designdata modelingsystem performance optimizationscalabilityreliability
Soft skills
independent operationproblem-solvingsolution proposalbottleneck identification