Senior Backend Engineer
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UnqorkEnterprise Development
United States (Remote)Full-TimeSenior
Salary136,400 - 182,900 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Required Skills
- GraphQLNode.jsCloud ComputingMongoDBNosqlRESTful APIsData modelingDistributed Systems
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant backend engineering experience building production systems.
- Proven experience designing and implementing complex software systems end-to-end.
- Understands Database Modeling, managing complex Database Transactions, and ensuring data integrity across distributed systems.
- Strong experience with API design.
- Deep knowledge of data modeling, normalization, query optimization, and indexing.
- Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB.
- Experience building REST and/or GraphQL services.
- Strong proficiency in a modern backend language (Node.js preferred).
- Experience shipping highly reliable systems in cloud environments.
- Ability to operate independently while contributing to broader technical direction.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable, reliable backend systems - from architecture through production deployment.
- Harden and optimize the platform for stability, performance, and release readiness.
- Lead implementation of backend services, APIs, and data models with a strong focus on maintainability strategies.
- Set technical standards and establish best practices across code quality, architecture, and system design.
- Act as a hands-on technical leader reviewing code, debugging complex issues, and improving performance where needed.
- Collaborate closely with Product, QA, and Design to translate business problems into well-structured technical solutions.
- Help define engineering roadmaps, technical milestones, and delivery metrics.
- Improve development workflows and processes to increase team velocity and reliability.
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