5+ years of backend engineering experience, with proven ability to scale high-traffic systems. Deep experience with developer infrastructure, APIs, databases, and performance-critical systems. Comfortable with Node.js and modern backend stacks. Strong communicator, proactive, and reliable in a remote-first environment. Product mindset and developer empathy: you optimize for DX. Pragmatic, positive, and low ego: you step up in incidents and unblock teammates. Startup-ready: autonomous, ownership-driven, and able to navigate ambiguity.