Senior Backend Engineer

Skills

About the Role

You will design, build, and maintain the systems that power our products end to end. From high performance APIs to database architecture, you will own the backend layer that makes everything else possible. You will help define requirements, scope projects, and make architectural decisions that shape the technical foundation. Your work will directly impact our research platform and our media site. Everyday you will: architect, build, and ship backend systems that can scale to millions of requests per day; design, implement, and optimize APIs that power our research and media products; own database design, optimization, and reliability (MySQL/Postgres); implement caching and performance strategies with Redis or similar tools; lead backend feature development from planning to production release; diagnose and resolve scalability, performance, and reliability issues under real world load; raise the bar on testing, monitoring, and observability across the stack; collaborate with frontend, product, and data teams to ensure seamless integrations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience)
• At least 5 years of professional experience as a Backend Engineer with a strong focus on backend development and architecture using TypeScript and Node.js
• Experience building fast, reliable API endpoints capable of handling over 1M requests per day
• Proficiency in designing and optimizing relational databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL, including data modeling and query optimization
• Experience implementing caching with Redis or similar technologies
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment tools
• Strong problem solving and collaboration skills and a track record of writing clean, maintainable code
• Experience with frameworks like NestJS and database access layers such as TypeORM
• Experience supporting legacy migrations in PHP is a plus
• Familiarity with AWS cloud infrastructure and exposure to ML/AI models is a plus; crypto space experience is a plus

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and ship backend systems that can scale to millions of requests/day
• Design, implement, and optimize APIs that power our research and media products
• Own database design, optimization, and reliability (MySQL/Postgres)
• Implement caching and performance strategies with Redis or similar tools
• Lead backend feature development from planning to production release
• Diagnose and resolve scalability, performance, and reliability issues under real-world load
• Raise the bar on testing, monitoring, and observability across the stack
• Collaborate with frontend, product, and data teams to ensure seamless integrations

Benefits

• Remote-First with an NYC office available
• 100% medical coverage for you and significant portion for dependents
• Flexible PTO
• 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Hardware stipend
• Learning and growth stipend
• Career growth and structured development
• Global and diverse team