Senior Backend Engineer Offline

We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with deep experience in NodeJS/NestJS to lead the design and implementation of our backend API. You’ll work closely with product, mobile, and platform teams to build scalable, secure, and well-documented APIs that connect Firestore, PostgreSQL, and GCP services.

This is a core development role — with strong expectations around quality, performance, and production-readiness.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain NestJS APIs that power our mobile and web apps
• Support schema evolution, migrations
• Be able to design and maintain Cloud Functions for various ops jobs
• Write modular, testable, and well-documented backend code
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and release planning

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building and maintaining backend services in NodeJS
• 3+ years of deep experience with NestJS, TypeScript, and REST API design
• Strong working knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (Cloud Functions, IAM, Scheduler)
• Hands-on experience with both Firestore and PostgreSQL (Must)
• Proficiency in schema design, migrations, and secure data access patterns
• Understanding of performance tradeoffs in serverless (cold starts, memory usage, batching)

Nice to Have ⭐

• Experience with Google Cloud for tooling
• Familiarity with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Claude, etc.) or RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) patterns
• Working in Startup Environment before