Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. hireVouch is seeking a mission-driven Senior Backend Engineer to build reliable, high-impact systems and own complex backend problems end to end. The role focuses on developing products and features, delivering scalable and secure systems, shaping product direction, mentoring peers, and contributing to team growth.
Responsibilities
- Build new products and features 0 to 1
- Take ownership of projects from conception all the way to shipping, ensuring modular, maintainable, and high-quality code
- Deliver value to our end users across our entire system while considering performance, scale, security, and maintainability
- Shape our product direction by talking to users and collaborating with other teammates in feature brainstorms/roadmap planning
- Provide thoughtful code reviews and technical guidance to peers, helping to improve overall team quality
- Help us build a great team — interview candidates, refer great engineers, etc
Skills
- * 5+ years of experience building and operating backend systems in production
- * Strong experience with TypeScript and backend technologies (Node.js, databases, distributed systems)
- * Demonstrated ownership of systems running at scale, with an emphasis on reliability and performance
- * A product-oriented engineering mindset — you understand the “why” behind what you're building
- * Experience collaborating closely with Product and Design partners
- * Strong communication skills and a proactive approach to identifying and solving problems
- * A sense of ownership, curiosity, and commitment to continuous learning
- * E-commerce or consumer platforms
- * Loyalty or rewards programs
- * Marketing or lifecycle systems
- * Large-scale, high-traffic consumer systems
Benefits
- 100% remote work, with the option for San Francisco-based candidates to collaborate in person at the new HQ in the Presidio
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