Backend Engineer
Resend · Remote · Americas ·
COMPENSATION
€•• – ••k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Fully remote (Americas/EU)
- 8+ years experience
- Distributed systems focus
- Node.js, TypeScript, Go
- $140k-$180k USD
Join Resend's core engineering team to support the delivery of millions of emails daily. You will own features end-to-end, from API design to infrastructure operations, working within a small, quality-focused group that values developer experience and system reliability.
What you'll do
- Own features from concept to deployment, including APIs and dashboard services
- Build reliable distributed systems handling traffic spikes and failures
- Scale APIs and databases to improve performance and data integrity
- Operate services via monitoring, safe deployments, and on-call rotation
- Collaborate with support to turn customer issues into product improvements
- Enhance engineering quality through better testing and tooling
What you'll need
- 8+ years of software engineering experience with backend services
- Expertise in queues, async processing, and distributed systems
- Ability to design systems from scratch and manage rollouts
- Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure and observability
- Experience designing APIs and optimizing relational data models
- Proficiency with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform or AWS CDK
- Clear communication skills in written and spoken English
- Availability to overlap with Americas working hours
Nice to have
- Deep experience with Node.js, TypeScript, Go, and Postgres
- Background in building services on AWS using serverless or containers
- Previous work on developer tools, public APIs, or email infrastructure
Stack
- Node.js
- TypeScript
- Go
- Postgres
- AWS
- Terraform
- AWS CDK
How you'll work
- Fully remote position
- Based in Americas or European timezones
- Overlap with Americas working hours required
- Some travel for offsites and conferences expected
What you get
- Meaningful ownership of product decisions
- High autonomy in decision making
- Collaborative, low-ego team culture
- Flexible working hours within timezone constraints