Lead Backend Engineer
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Location: Remote
Compensation: To Be Discussed
Reviewed: Fri, Nov 13, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days
Job Summary
Leading a small engineering team, the full-time Lead Backend Engineer will design and develop scalable backend services, drive architectural decisions, and leverage AI tools to enhance product quality in a remote setting.
Key responsibilities
- Design and develop scalable backend services and APIs
- Drive architecture decisions and ensure high engineering standards
- Lead code reviews and mentor engineers to improve team productivity
Required qualifications
- 7+ years of software engineering experience
- Strong commercial experience with Node.js and TypeScript
- Experience designing scalable architectures and distributed systems
- Solid understanding of PostgreSQL, Redis, REST APIs, and asynchronous patterns
- Experience using AI tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or similar in daily development
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