Backend Software Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and sustain backend services utilizing TypeScript and NestJS.

• Architect and implement scalable APIs, integrations, and event-driven systems.

• Construct and enhance high-throughput workflows for processing large volumes of transactions and data.

• Create data models, service architectures, and integration patterns for intricate distributed systems.

• Develop dependable asynchronous processing systems utilizing queues, workers, and background jobs.

• Collaborate with Product and cross-functional teams to convert business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

• Enhance platform reliability, performance, and operational efficiency.

• Apply observability best practices, including logging, monitoring, metrics, tracing, and alerting.

• Contribute to API design, developer experience, documentation, and internal tooling.

• Engage in architectural discussions and shape long-term platform strategy.

• Utilize modern AI-assisted development tools to boost engineering productivity and code quality.

• Assume ownership of projects from design through deployment and continuous optimization.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 4 years of professional backend software engineering experience.

• Strong expertise in TypeScript and experience in developing production systems with NestJS or similar Node.js frameworks.

• Demonstrated ability in designing and constructing scalable APIs and backend services.

• In-depth understanding of distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and asynchronous processing.

• Experience in integrating with third-party APIs, webhooks, and external platforms.

• Robust system design capabilities and the ability to architect solutions that accommodate significant scale and complexity.

• Familiarity with observability tools, monitoring systems, and production troubleshooting.

• Comprehensive understanding of software engineering best practices, testing, and maintainability.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across both technical and non-technical teams.

• A proactive mindset driven by ownership, capable of working independently in a remote setting.

🏝️ Benefits

• Pragmatike is dedicated to a fair, transparent, and inclusive recruitment process.

• In accordance with GDPR, your personal data will be processed lawfully, fairly, and securely, used solely for recruitment purposes, including sharing it with our client(s) for employment consideration.

• You may request access, correction, or deletion of your data at any time.

• We are committed to maintaining the confidentiality and security of your information throughout the recruitment process.