Backend Engineer

Description

• Build and maintain backend services using Node.js, JS and TypeScript • Implement APIs and business logic based on product and technical requirements. • Write clean, readable, and well-tested code. • Use AI tools daily to streamline development, debugging, refactoring, and documentation workflows without compromising quality • Work closely with other engineers in a remote-first environment, proactively communicating progress, blockers, and risks • Identify issues proactively, spotting bugs, performance bottlenecks, or architectural risks early and taking ownership of solutions.

Requirements

• +5 years of backend experience • +2 years of Node.js experience • Hands-on experience building at least one large-scale backend system from scratch • Experience integrating 3rd party services into a system architecture • Excellent communication skills and comfort working in an asynchronous, remote environment • A proactive, ownership-driven mindset: you see problems, raise them early, and help solve them • Comfort operating in a 100% operational role, managing priorities and complexity independently

Benefits

• Work-from-anywhere policy • Eligibility for annual bonus

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