Staff Backend Engineer

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💎 Seniority level: Staff, 7+ years

📍 Location: United States, Canada (BC & ON)

💸 Salary: $187,000 - $263,500 per year

🔍 Industry: Web development

🗣️ Languages: English

⏳ Experience: 7+ years

🪄 Skills: GraphQLNode.jsAgileCypressExpress.jsJavascriptJestKafkaMongoDBTypeScriptStrategyAmazon Web ServicesGoNext.jsCommunication SkillsCollaboration

Requirements:

7+ years of experience developing and deploying web applications.
Proficient with Node.js, TypeScript, and Next.js and can design and write scalable services and APIs using Express.js and MongoDB.
Experience debugging production issues across complex, multi-service architectures.
Proven experience building complex web systems that scale efficiently.
Experience with Stripe and/or billing systems for payment processing solutions.
Experience with testing frameworks (e.g. Jest, Mocha, Playwright, Cypress).
Comfortable working in an agile, safe-to-fail environment.
Strong collaboration and communication skills.

Responsibilities:

Architect, design, and implement scalable multi-tenant backend services and APIs.
Work on technologies such as Node.js, Javascript/Typescript, Next.js, MongoDB, GraphQL, Apollo, AWS, Kafka, etc.
Lead projects that directly contribute to team and engineering organization's deliverables.
Mentor junior engineers in technical skills and Webflow culture.
Collaborate with product managers and designers in an autonomous team environment.
Participate in engineering citizenship activities such as co-authoring engineering blogs.

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