Senior Backend Engineer

Job Summary

A company is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer (Platform and API) to design and implement public APIs in a remote and mission-driven team.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend systems for the public API and internal services
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to scope work and improve system performance
• Participate in on-call rotations and contribute to engineering culture through knowledge sharing

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in backend engineering, particularly with public APIs and extensibility platforms
• Proficiency in Node.js, TypeScript, GraphQL, and MongoDB
• Experience leading backend projects and shaping architecture
• Strong systems thinking and ability to anticipate downstream effects
• Experience working in remote, asynchronous environments