Senior Backend/DevOps Engineer

Summary

Join Keeper, a fast-growing company revolutionizing bookkeeping with its all-in-one tool, and play a key role in shaping our architecture and improving developer experience. We are looking for a backend engineer with 5+ years of experience in architecting and building backend systems with Node.js and TypeScript, and a proven track record of designing and operating cloud-native architectures on AWS. You will ship software weekly, contribute to API development, refactor legacy code, and own our CI/CD pipelines. You'll also optimize our RDS database performance and manage complex JSONB columns. We offer competitive pay and equity, unlimited PTO, and comprehensive health benefits.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience architecting and building backend systems with Node.js and TypeScript
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with AWS, with a proven track record of designing and operating cloud-native architectures
• Strong experience creating and managing CI/CD pipelines, ideally using GitHub Actions
• A proactive mindset with a passion for clean code, automation, and system reliability
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to mentor others and lead by example

Responsibilities

• Ship software on a weekly basis and code a lot of TypeScript
• You’ll play a key role in shaping our architecture, improving developer experience, and ensuring the scalability and reliability of our systems
• Contribute to the development and improvement of our APIs and services. You’ll also have the opportunity to refactor and modernize legacy code
• Own and evolve our CI/CD pipelines, with a focus on GitHub Actions and automation best practices
• Our RDS database is a critical part of our infrastructure. You’ll be responsible for optimizing performance and managing complex JSONB columns, including normalization and efficient querying

Benefits

• Competitive pay and equity
• Unlimited PTO
• Health, dental, and vision insurance