Job Description

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.