Staff Backend Engineer

Job Summary

A company is looking for a Staff Backend Engineer, Hierarchy.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain robust, scalable backend systems using Node.js (Express and NestJS)
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers to drive projects forward
• Tune and optimize database queries for maximum efficiency and performance

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience building backend services for SaaS products
• Proven track record of building and scaling backend systems
• Expertise in relational database query optimizations (prefer PostgreSQL)
• Extensive background working with databases (SQL and NoSQL) and data modeling
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design and implementation