Senior Backend Engineer (with Production Mindset)

Stellenbeschreibung:

We’re looking for a backend engineer who thinks beyond code – someone who not only builds APIs and services but also cares deeply about how they run in production, how they scale, and how easy they are to operate and observe.

What you’ll do:

Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services (TypeScript, SQL/PostgreSQL, Redis)
Write clean, maintainable code and thoughtful interfaces
Take ownership of production readiness (observability, alerting, performance)
Collaborate on internal tooling and improve dev workflows (e.g., monorepo CI/CD)
Help evaluate and integrate pragmatic tools from monitoring to AI‑based dev tools
Investigate issues across the stack (infra, DB, API) and propose improvements
Collaborate closely with product and other engineers in a fast‑moving environment

Requirements

Solid experience building and maintaining production backends
You’ve been on‑call before or felt the pain of systems that don’t scale well
Strong SQL/PostgreSQL skills and understanding of data modeling
Hands‑on experience with observability tooling (Grafana, Prometheus, or similar)
Pragmatic mindset: you know when to build, when to buy, and when to simplify
Bonus: experience with Supabase, Fargate, or serverless architectures

Why this role might be interesting:

You want to build things end‑to‑end: from database schema to production dashboard
You like simplicity and want to avoid overengineering
You enjoy improving not just the product but the way the product is built
You want to work in a team that values high trust, low ego, and direct communication