Experience building and maintaining backend services in a production environment. Strong skills in designing for reliability, scalability, and performance. Ability to own work from initial scoping to production rollout. Comfort working in fast-moving, sometimes ambiguous environments. Clear, thoughtful communication. A product mindset. Experience with TypeScript/Node (Nice to Have) Experience with AWS services (Nice to Have) Experience with DynamoDB, TimescaleDB, Axiom (Nice to Have) Familiarity with energy, IoT, or connected device ecosystems (Nice to Have) Prior exposure to API-first products or integration platforms (Nice to Have)