The company is a leading direct-to-consumer platform for app publishers, processing more than $1B annually. As a Senior Backend Engineer you will build and evolve core backend systems — high-scale, cloud-native services that power critical business flows — with end-to-end ownership from design and architecture to production, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities:
Design and maintain scalable, high-availability backend services in cloud-native environments.
Own features end-to-end: design, implementation, deployment, monitoring, and optimization.
Contribute to system architecture, API design, data modeling, and event-driven flows.
Write maintainable code and participate in design/code reviews.
Optimize performance, reliability, and resource usage.
Collaborate with Product on translating business requirements into technical solutions.
Mentor other engineers and improve engineering standards.
Requirements
Requirements (must-have):
5+ years building scalable backend systems and end-to-end web applications.
Strong Node.js/TypeScript backend development.
Microservice architecture design and implementation; event-driven flows.
Cloud-based environments (AWS preferred).
NoSQL databases (MongoDB) and caching solutions (Redis).
Docker containerization experience.
Production-grade system architecture and software design knowledge.
Ownership mindset, strong problem-solving; startup experience valued.
Nice to have:
Kubernetes experience.
