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You will solve complex technical problems, contribute hands-on code, and set engineering standards that help teams deliver reliable systems at scale.\n\nTech Stack:\n\nNode.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS Lambda, GraphQL, Hasura, and Temporal.\n\nResponsibilities:\n\n- Design, develop, deploy, and operate scalable backend microservices serving millions of users.\n\n- Lead the technical design of complex services and integrations across multiple teams, making clear architectural trade-offs around scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability.\n\n- Own multiple critical backend services end-to-end, from architecture and design through implementation, monitoring, incident response, and continuous improvement.\n\n- Define, establish, and advocate for organization-wide engineering standards across code reviews, testing, observability, and technical documentation, driving consistent adoption across teams.\n\n- Identify technical debt and drive improvements that benefit multiple engineers or teams.\n\n- Own the hands-on implementation of complex and critical components of the architecture, translating architectural decisions into production-ready solutions while guiding engineers through design and implementation.\n\n- Collaborate with Frontend Engineering, QA, Customer Success, and Product to turn customer needs into dependable solutions.\n\n- Integrate with APIs, services, and data stores; contribute to proofs of concept and new product features.\n\nWhat We're Looking For:\n\n- 7 - 8 years of solid backend development experience, with strong hands-on expertise in Node.js.\n\n- Experience owning complex production services and guiding technical decisions beyond a single feature.\n\n- Strong fundamentals in object-oriented programming, design patterns, and SOLID principles.\n\n- Experience writing unit, integration, and functional tests and improving testing practices.\n\n- Strong working knowledge of distributed systems, microservices architecture, application tuning and profiling, and CI pipelines.\n\n- Proficiency in SQL, preferably PostgreSQL; experience with data modeling and query performance.\n\n- Working knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes, and experience operating services in a cloud environment.\n\n- Ability to communicate design choices clearly, mentor other engineers, and work across functions.\n\nNice to Have:\n\n- Experience with Redis, AWS Lambda, GraphQL, Hasura, or Temporal.\n\n- Hands-on SaaS experience, customer-facing engineering work, or high-availability systems.\n\n- Familiarity with Git, REST client tooling, and Agile/Scrum practices.\n\nOur Culture: The 5Cs:\n\nWe are guided by Collaboration, Commitment, Credence (alignment to goals), Customer-centricity, and Candor. 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