Senior Backend Engineer

Job Summary

Seeking a full-time Senior Backend Engineer to work remotely, who will own and build key backend services for a high-performance observability platform, engage with the community, and tackle technical challenges in developing scalable systems.

Key responsibilities

• Own and build backend services and infrastructure to ensure reliable, high-throughput data pipelines and APIs
• Collaborate with open-source contributors and customers to solve challenges and incorporate feedback into backend architecture
• Design and implement scalable backend systems for processing and querying petabytes of observability data

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience focused on backend development, preferably in developer tools or infrastructure
• Strong skills in TypeScript and Node.js, with experience in frameworks like Express or Fastify
• Solid understanding of API design, distributed systems, and data modeling
• Familiarity with containerized environments such as Docker and Kubernetes
• A passion for open source and experience in creating developer tooling