Senior Backend Engineer
Solace · Remote · United States ·
COMPENSATION
$150k – $200k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Senior Backend Engineer
- Fully remote (US only)
- TypeScript + NestJS
- Series C Startup
- Daily code commits
Join Solace as a Senior Backend Engineer to help patients navigate the complex US healthcare system. You will independently own features, architect robust backend systems, and commit code daily in a fast-paced Series C startup environment.
The team values urgency and precision, offering the chance to see your work impact live users regularly. You will collaborate with cross-functional partners to build a revolutionary product from scratch while maintaining high system reliability.
What you'll do
- Design and build scalable services and APIs for web applications
- Architect and maintain backend systems, database models, and infrastructure
- Analyze requirements to produce high-quality, production-ready code
- Refactor codebase to keep systems robust, resilient, and performant
- Contribute to frontend code when needed to ship features end-to-end
- Take full ownership and accountability for every detail of your work
- Collaborate with engineers, product, and design teams on new initiatives
- Write clear specs to ensure quality and stress-free deployments
What you'll need
- 5+ years of relevant backend development experience
- Experience working in a start-up environment
- Strong fundamentals in API design and distributed systems
- Expertise in Typescript, Node, and backend frameworks
- Comfort with React and frontend technologies
- Ability to create performant, scalable systems
- Strong communication skills to influence product direction
- Extreme bias toward action and continuous execution
Stack
- Typescript
- NestJS
- TypeORM
- Postgres
- Redis
- GCP
- React
- Tailwind
How you'll work
- Applicants must be based in the United States
- Continuous deployment cadence
- Autonomous work style with full ownership