About the role
We're hiring a backend engineer for a high-growth consumer app and coaching platform. You'll own features end-to end clean APIs, secure auth, robust notifications, and serverless deployments built to scale to millions of users.
What you'll build
- REST APIs: Lambda-ready endpoints with clean architecture, Zod validation, OpenAPI docs
- Auth & security: JWT flows, 2FA, role-based access control
- Notifications: Push infrastructure (FCM), scheduling (AWS EventBridge), engagement campaigns
- Integrations: Shopify webhooks, time-tracking APIs, external auth
- Data: PostgreSQL schema design, complex relationships, query optimization
- Core features: Assignment algorithms, workflow automation, subscriptions, analytics
- E2E ownership: DB design API implementation Lambda deployment
Our stack
- Node.js 18+, TypeScript, Express
- PostgreSQL (Aurora RDS), Sequelize
- AWS Lambda, API Gateway, S3, EventBridge
Requirements
- 5 years shipping Node.js + TypeScript in production
- Strong PostgreSQL + Sequelize experience
- Solid REST API design and documentation skills
- Hands-on AWS Lambda/serverless background
- Security fundamentals: JWT, 2FA
- CI/CD with GitHub Actions (or similar)
Nice to have
- Startup/high-growth experience
