This role is highly hands-on and focuses on building, optimizing, and scaling complex SaaS applications operating in high-volume, multi-user environments. You will contribute to backend technical standards, take part in architectural decisions, and play a key role in hands-on development and code reviews. Strong, hands-on experience with AI-assisted development is mandatory.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the backend architecture of complex, large-scale SaaS applications
- Be hands-on with Node.js and TypeScript, setting high standards for code quality and maintainability
- Design and deliver end-to-end features, from data model and API design through to production rollout
- Drive code- and database-level performance optimization in high-volume, multi-user production environments
- Build and maintain scalable services on AWS, with PostgreSQL as the primary data store
- Integrate AI-assisted development workflows and tooling (Cursor, Claude, Agents) into day-to-day engineering
- Collaborate closely with product and design teams
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in backend development
- Strong hands-on expertise with Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and AWS
- Proven experience optimizing code and database performance in high-volume, multi-user production environments (query tuning, indexing, caching, concurrency)
- Demonstrated ability to design and deliver end-to-end features independently
- Working knowledge of frontend development, with the ability to implement and extend React-based UI when needed
- Hands-on experience using AI coding assistants (e.g., Cursor, Claude) as a core part of the development workflow - mandatory
Nice to have
- Experience with Snowflake or other large-scale data warehouses
- Experience with performance monitoring and observability tools
- Familiarity with event-driven or distributed systems architectures
What They Offer
- A senior engineering role with meaningful influence on backend architecture
- Ownership of performance, quality, and scalability of thee company's core systems
- Opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI-driven development workflows
- Collaboration with strong product, design, and engineering teams
- Competitive compensation and benefits
