Senior Backend Developer – Golang, Node.js, TypeScript

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

📋 Description

• Become a part of a digital healthcare organization that is transforming physical therapy through the use of AI and wearable technology.

• Develop the API infrastructure that supports virtual physical therapy platforms, aiding patients in their recovery from musculoskeletal conditions.

• Create and implement high-performance APIs utilizing Go or TypeScript based on the components of the platform.

• Establish durable execution workflows with Temporal to ensure reliable and auditable data orchestration.

• Construct resilient services featuring appropriate retry logic, circuit breakers, and rate limiting.

• Build the tracking and state management layer driven by MySQL for enhanced observability and SLIs.

• Integrate with Kafka to facilitate event-driven data ingestion and delivery.

• Work closely with Data Engineers to define data contracts and API specifications.

• Contribute to the Developer Portal, allowing for self-service API access and comprehensive documentation.

• Develop AI-ready data infrastructure that supports machine learning models and AI-driven products throughout the platform.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive hands-on experience with Golang (the primary technology).

• A proven history of building production-grade REST or gRPC APIs.

• Strong comprehension of Kafka, including producers, consumers, partitioning strategies, and at-least-once/exactly-once semantics.

• Familiarity with relational databases, particularly MySQL or PostgreSQL.

• In-depth knowledge of API security, authentication methods, and rate limiting strategies.

• Experience working within regulated or compliance-sensitive settings (such as healthcare, fintech, or similar fields).

• Capability to develop and maintain AI-ready data infrastructure with clean, governed, and accessible data pipelines.

• Service-oriented mindset: you create APIs that are enjoyable for others to use.

• Reliability-first approach: considering failure modes, retries, and observability from the outset.

• Strong skills in cross-functional collaboration, particularly with data engineers.

• A documentation-focused mindset: the belief that high-quality APIs are complemented by excellent documentation.

• Iterative development approach: delivering incrementally and refining based on feedback.

• Proficiency in English at a minimum of B2 Upper Intermediate level.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements.

• Professional development opportunities.