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Pelago

Backend Engineer

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about 2 hours ago
New York, NY, USAMid Level / Senior

Base Salary

$170k - $185k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own meaningful problem spaces end-to-end, from discovery through delivery and iteration.
  • Design and evolve systems that support safe, scalable, AI-augmented development.
  • Use data and experimentation to validate whether solutions actually work.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to balance member impact, clinical constraints, and technical tradeoffs.
  • Shape how we work—our tools, processes, and culture.
  • Build scalable, performant, secure, and well-tested APIs.
  • Maintain and evolve our entirely serverless AWS-based architecture using Node.js and TypeScript.
  • Contribute to the development of an event-driven system, owning core feature implementation.
  • Design and optimize MySQL databases at scale.
  • Manage and integrate third-party APIs, ensuring reliability and security.
  • Implement best practices for code quality, testing, and deployment automation.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of professional experience as a backend engineer.
  • Extensive experience with Node.js and TypeScript.
  • Proven track record with event-driven architectures.
  • Experience with SQL, including schema design and optimization.
  • Strong AWS expertise, including API Gateway, Lambda, and RDS.
  • Experience integrating and managing third-party APIs in production environments.
  • Genuine curiosity about emerging technologies, including AI.
  • Familiarity with testing frameworks and experience writing unit and integration tests.
  • Based in London or within commuting distance.

Benefits

  • Generous and meaningful equity package.
  • Private Health Coverage.
  • Pension Plan.
  • Unlimited PTO Policy, Bank Holidays, and company-wide 'Me Time Days'.
  • Paid maternity, paternity, and new parent leave.
  • Flexible working environment.
  • Annual Learning and Development stipend.
  • Wellness Reimbursement Program.
  • Access to Reproductive and Family Planning Care.
  • Substance Use Support for employees and family members.

Tech Stack

AWSMySQLNode.jsSQLTerraformTypeScript

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