Backend Software Engineer

About the Role

Were looking for a Backend Engineer who thrives on learning and contributing to existing systems that scale. Youll design, ship, and learn to own the backend services that power high-traffic applications — working with modern cloud-native tech and a high-ownership engineering culture.

You’ll collaborate closely with product, frontend, DevOps, and stakeholders to turn ambiguous problems into reliable, performant systems.

What You’ll Do

• Design and build scalable backend services and APIs using Node.js / TypeScript, with solid working knowledge of Golang and/or Python
• Own microservices and distributed systems that handle real production load
• Design and optimize MySQL schemas, queries, and data access patterns
• Learn on the job to ship and operate containerised applications with Docker and Kubernetes. Prior knowledge is a plus.
• Have the opportunity to build event-driven architectures using Kafka and/or RabbitMQ**.** Prior knowledge is a plus.
• Contribute to technical design discussions, architecture reviews, and system planning
• Write clean, well-tested, maintainable code and raise the bar through reviews
• Debug production issues and lead root-cause analysis
• Contribute to reliability, security, observability, and operational excellence
• Mentor engineers and help shape a strong engineering culture

What You Bring

1. Core Engineering Strength

• Strong fundamentals in OOP, design patterns and command over node JS.
• Deep understanding of concurrency and async programming.
• Solid grasp of networking, HTTP, caching, and API design
• Comfortable with testing strategies (unit, integration, e2e) and debugging complex systems
• Experience with Agile and the full software development lifecycle

2. Primary Stack

• Strong hands-on experience with Node.js, JavaScript, and TypeScript
• Working knowledge of Golang and/or Python is a plus
• Solid MySQL experience (schema design, query optimization, indexing)
• Experience building and consuming REST APIs and microservices

Who You Are

• You take ownership and drive projects from design to production
• You care about building systems that are scalable, reliable, and maintainable
• You’ve supported real production systems and know what operational excellence looks like
• You communicate clearly and collaborate well across teams
• You’re pragmatic — you balance speed, quality, and long-term maintainability
• You’re curious and continuously level up your craft

Preferred Background

• 1–2 years of professional software engineering experience
• Experience in SaaS, AdTech, MarTech, or other high-scale internet products
• Comfortable in fast-paced, high-ownership environments