Senior Backend Software Engineer - REMOTE

Jobgether

2d•Remote

About The Position

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer - REMOTE. In this role, you will play a crucial part in the development of a cutting-edge cloud-native SaaS platform that manages software components within customer environments. Your expertise will help to create resilient data infrastructure designed for AI systems, ensuring high performance and reliability. By driving the implementation of backend services and systems, you will contribute significantly to mission-critical applications. This position offers the opportunity to work independently and influence architectural decisions in a dynamic, early-stage environment.

Requirements

8+ years of professional software development experience
Strong backend experience with Node.js (TypeScript, NestJS)
Proven experience building production-grade backend systems
Strong understanding of distributed systems, including failure modes and tradeoffs
Experience with cloud-native architectures and Kubernetes
Experience with AWS or another major cloud provider
Experience with SQL databases (PostgreSQL or similar)
Experience with event-driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar)
Strong understanding of security fundamentals (authentication, TLS, encryption)
Hands-on experience with observability in production systems, including metrics, logs, and traces
Ability to work independently in an early-stage environment
Excellent debugging skills and strong production ownership

Responsibilities

Design and build backend services for a multi-tenant SaaS platform
Design and implement customer-deployed agents (site control plane and source agents)
Develop systems using Node.js (TypeScript, NestJS) and/or Go
Design APIs, service boundaries, and communication protocols between cloud and on-site components
Implement secure authentication, authorization, and policy enforcement
Build asynchronous and event-driven workflows across cloud and on-prem environments
Ensure systems are observable by design, with meaningful metrics, logs, and traces
Own components end-to-end: design, implementation, deployment, monitoring, and reliability
Participate in architecture decisions across SaaS and agent layers
Debug and resolve production issues in distributed and hybrid systems