Senior Backend Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Take ownership of and develop critical backend services and infrastructure that drive the ClickStack observability platform.

• Ensure the reliability and high throughput of data pipelines and APIs.

• Collaborate with contributors from the open-source community as well as customers.

• Address challenges faced by the community and customers, integrating their feedback into backend architecture and API design.

• Design and create scalable backend systems for the ingestion, processing, and querying of petabytes worth of observability data.

• Build essential services that assist engineers in diagnosing production problems.

• Occasionally contribute to services built with Go.

• Play a role in shaping the company culture within a rapidly growing startup.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in software engineering with a strong emphasis on backend development.

• Preference for candidates with experience in developing developer tools or infrastructure.

• Proficient in TypeScript and Node.js.

• Experience with frameworks such as Express, Fastify, or similar.

• Strong knowledge of API design, distributed systems, and data modeling.

• Experience with Go is considered a plus.

• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes is advantageous.

• A strong passion for open source and the developer community.

• Experience in creating developer tooling.

• Familiarity with ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, or other analytical/OLTP databases is an added advantage.

• Understanding of OpenTelemetry, logging pipelines, or metrics infrastructure is a bonus.

• Experience with SDKs or client library design is a plus.

• Exposure to Kafka, NATS, message queues, streaming systems, or event-driven architectures is beneficial.

• Must be able to work in the United States or current location and respond to work sponsorship inquiries during the application process.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible work environment; a remote-friendly, globally distributed company.

• Employer contributions towards healthcare.

• Stock options provided to every new team member.

• Flexible time off policy in the US.

• Generous time-off entitlement for employees in other countries.

• A USD$500 allowance for home office setup for remote employees.

• Opportunities to connect with colleagues during company-wide offsites.