Senior Backend Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and maintain clean, efficient, and scalable backend services using Node.js and TypeScript.

• Collaborate with product managers and frontend engineers to create new product features from idea to deployment.

• Take ownership of critical components of the backend architecture and make decisions that enhance performance, reliability, and security.

• Produce thorough unit tests and participate in code reviews.

• Identify system enhancements and refactor existing legacy code.

• Provide mentorship and share engineering knowledge with team members.

• Utilize AI in daily operations and recognize opportunities for AI to enhance engineering practices.

• Tackle complex challenges within a high-load, distributed system.

• Construct and scale infrastructure capable of processing millions in donations.

• Collaborate across checkout systems, donor portals, and analytics pipelines.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 7 years of backend development experience, ideally in a product-focused environment.

• Strong practical experience with Node.js and contemporary frameworks like Koa or NestJS.

• Profound knowledge of TypeScript, including advanced typing and module systems.

• Solid experience with MongoDB or other NoSQL databases.

• Familiarity with event-driven architecture utilizing Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Bull/Redis.

• Practical experience with ClickHouse or similar analytics databases, as well as Elasticsearch.

• Strong grasp of system design, clean architecture principles, and performance optimization.

• Capacity to work autonomously, take accountability, and finalize projects.

• Comfortable collaborating within a Russian-speaking team.

• Frequent utilization of AI in daily tasks and comprehension of its significance.

• Nice to have: experience in a remote-first or globally distributed team.

• Nice to have: familiarity with performance monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog.

• Nice to have: interest in technology for nonprofit organizations.

🏝️ Benefits

• 31 days of paid time off.

• Fully covered telemedicine plan.

• Assistance with home office setup, including help purchasing an office chair, desk, monitor, and other workspace essentials.

• English language learning courses.

• Relevant professional development opportunities.

• Access to gym or swimming pool facilities.

• Co-working space options.

• Remote work flexibility.

• Equity options available.

• Opportunities to work within a collaborative product team.

• Clear product vision with access to genuine customer feedback.

• Flat organizational structure.

• Transparent company culture.

• Focus on long-term goals.