Staff Backend Engineer
Job Summary
Seeking a hands-on Staff Backend Engineer for a full-time remote position, responsible for architecting and evolving backend APIs and services, leading technical design initiatives, and mentoring engineers while ensuring high-quality production systems.
Key responsibilities
- Architect, build, and evolve backend APIs, services, and event-driven workflows to support millions of users
- Own complex backend product work from discovery through implementation and production support
- Improve reliability, scalability, and performance of production systems through thoughtful architecture and strong testing practices
Required qualifications
- Strong expertise in Node and experience building production backend systems
- Demonstrated experience with high-scale APIs, services, and distributed systems
- Proficient in SQL and relational database management, including performance tuning
- Practical understanding of service-oriented and event-driven architectures
- Ability to mentor engineers and communicate technical trade-offs effectively
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