Backend Engineer

We are looking for a Backend Engineer to join the development of our scalable, AI-powered product systems.
What You'll Do:
Join a role that combines deep backend expertise with solid frontend fluency and product thinking, along with the ability to leverage AI tools effectively across the development lifecycle. You will work closely with product, design, frontend, and data/AI teams to build reliable, performant systems and intuitive user experiences, while driving engineering excellence and modern development practices. Your contributions will shape the technical foundation of an AI-first product and directly influence the experience of end users.
What does the day to day of a Senior Backend Engineer look like:
Your daily work will span backend architecture, frontend collaboration, and AI-augmented development, engaging directly with the systems that power our product.
Your role will include:
Design and build scalable, maintainable backend services using NestJS (Node.js/TypeScript) and/or Python
Own API design, contracts, and versioning across services
Design and optimize data models, database schemas, and query performance
Implement authentication, authorization, and secure API integration patterns
Build reliable data-fetching layers, caching strategies, and async processing (queues, jobs, events)
Lead backend technical decisions, code quality standards, and system architecture
Ensure system scalability, fault tolerance, and observability (logging, monitoring, alerting)
Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and deployment practices for backend services
Collaborate on frontend applications built with React, TypeScript, and Vite, and contribute to API contracts from the consumer's perspective
Partner with frontend engineers to align on data shapes, performance, and UX constraints
Translate product requirements into robust, scalable technical solutions, working closely with product and design
Conduct high-quality code reviews and drive architectural discussions and best practices
Improve testing, observability, CI/CD, and system reliability across the team
Use AI coding tools effectively in daily development work (Cursor, Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT, etc.), critically evaluating and refining AI-generated code, especially for backend logic and data integrity
Design efficient personal/team workflows for AI-assisted development and contribute to engineering productivity through AI tooling and automation