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Backend Engineer

Summary

The job is for a backend developer to build scalable systems using TypeScript, improve database performance, optimize data delivery, and work on interesting challenges. The team uses Node, Postgres, Redis, GraphQL API, TypeORM, TypeGraphQL, and operates remotely with competitive salary, equity, benefits, and flexible working arrangements.

Requirements

Strong JavaScript fundamentals and experience building scalable infrastructure and backend solutions

Responsibilities

• Build the backend for various user-facing features
• Optimize real-time, synchronized data delivery across our clients
• Improve database and infrastructure performance by implementing caching solutions, connection pooling
• Improve observability, monitoring, and alerting for our service so that we can better respond to operational incidents
• Scale our service via architectural changes as well as infrastructure improvements
• Open-source any non-trivial innovations that come out of our work on the product
• Redefine best-in-class software development processes so that we can build an opinionated product

Benefits

• Interesting and challenging work
• Work-life balance
• Competitive salary and equity
• Employee-friendly equity terms (extended exercise)
• Paid lunch and coffee during workdays
• Work remotely, no commuting to the office
• Paid co-working space/desk at an office
• Health, dental, and vision insurance (based on country requirements)
• Regular team events and off-sites
• 5 weeks of paid vacation
• 4 months of paid parental leave