We're hiring an engineer to build the backend infrastructure behind an exceptionally fast product — one that stays fast regardless of scale. The system is live and growing; your job is to drive latency down across every layer of the stack.
This is a high-ownership role: you'll own backend performance across the platform and build custom infrastructure wherever off-the-shelf solutions can't keep up.
What You'll Do
- Own backend performance across the platform — databases, APIs, queues, and background processing
- Design advanced caching and data synchronization systems
- Profile production systems and eliminate latency bottlenecks at every layer
- Build custom infrastructure where third-party solutions aren't fast enough
- Improve scalability while keeping response times low
- Work with feature teams to hit performance targets, and continuously benchmark against best-in-class SaaS products
What We're Looking For
Must have:
- 4+ years of backend engineering experience, including 4+ years building and scaling high-traffic production systems
- Proven track record of optimizing large-scale backend systems
- Deep expertise in Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Redis, networking, and distributed systems
- Extensive experience with database optimization, caching, asynchronous processing, and API performance
- Experience building custom infrastructure instead of relying solely on third-party solutions
- Strong computer science fundamentals, algorithms, and systems design knowledge; exceptional engineering standards and attention to detail
- Experience building products where latency and scalability were critical to the business
Nice to have:
- Experience with high-volume messaging or event-driven systems
- Experience at a startup or fast-moving product company
- Familiarity with performance observability tooling (profilers, tracing, APM)
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