Senior Backend Engineer
Postscript2 months ago
Remote, WorldwideSenior / Mid Level
Base Salary
$172k - $203k/yr
Responsibilities
- Take ownership of the Fondue product and its underlying architecture.
- Independently investigate, design, and execute solutions across evolving distributed systems.
- Drive system decoupling and modularization.
- Implement AI-first coding practices and tooling.
- Help subsidiary products adopt Postscript's core tools and standards.
- Architect, build, and maintain highly available, scalable REST APIs.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with finance and customer support teams.
- Contribute to process and technical improvements.
- Identify and eliminate single points of failure.
Requirements
- 4+ years experience building large-scale backend systems and APIs with Typescript experience.
- Experience with autoscaling strategies for applications on Kubernetes or other container orchestration platforms.
- Comfortable using agentic coding tools like Claude Code or Cursor.
- React experience is a strong plus.
- Experience with both 0-to-1 initiatives and complex existing systems.
- Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, SQL, and thoughtful database modeling.
- Familiarity with building and observing applications on AWS, ideally with Datadog.
- Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.
- Energized by distributed systems challenges and high-ownership environments.
- Strong instincts for technical trade-offs informed by engineering best practices and business priorities.
Benefits
- Salary range of USD $172,000–$203,000 base plus significant equity.
- High growth startup with opportunities for career impact and growth.
- Work from home or anywhere.
- Competitive compensation and opportunity for equity.
- Flexible paid time off.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.