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Senior Backend Engineer

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💎 Seniority level: Senior

📍 Location: United States

🏢 Company: c0ffee

🗣️ Languages: English

🪄 Skills: Backend DevelopmentPostgreSQLSQLTypeScriptAPI testingRedisCI/CDRESTful APIsMicroservicesNodeJSSoftware Engineering

Requirements:
  • You’ve built ant scaled real backend systems, ideally for high-traffic consumer apps (1M+ users).
  • You know how to make Postgres sing. Performance tuning, indexing, all of it.
  • You’ve designed clean APIs and know how to test them properly.
  • You don’t wait for direction—you take ownership and get things done.
  • You’re comfortable in fast-paced, async environments.
Responsibilities:
  • Own the backend.
  • Work closely with frontend and mobile to shape the entire user experience.
  • Set up and optimize data pipelines, queries, and system architecture for scale.
  • Help define and drive our backend culture—best practices, infra, tests, everything.
  • Be hands-on from idea to shipped product.
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