# Senior Backend Engineer

**Company:** [Solace](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/solace)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $150k – $200k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** TypeScript, Node.js, Nestjs, Typeorm, Postgres, Redis, Heroku, React, API Design, Distributed Systems
**Posted:** 2025-12-31

> Senior Backend Engineer owns end-to-end product workflows, designs scalable APIs and systems using TypeScript/Node/NestJS, with 5+ years experience and startup mindset. Contributes to frontend as needed for full ownership.

## Job Description

## What You'll Do
- Design and build scalable services and APIs for web applications.
- Architect and maintain robust backend systems, database models, and infrastructure.
- Analyze product requirements and produce high-quality, production-ready code focused on reliability and performance.
- Maintain system and codebase health, refactor, and improve resilience.
- Jump into frontend code when needed to ship features end-to-end.
- Take full ownership and accountability for your work.
- Collaborate with engineers, product, and design to build world-class features.
- Write clear specs for quality deployments.
- Drive large releases on continuous deployment.

## What You Bring to the Table
- Experience in a startup environment.
- 5+ years in backend development with some frontend exposure.
- Strong fundamentals in API design, database architecture, and distributed systems.
- Expertise in TypeScript/Node and backend frameworks.
- Comfort with React and frontend technologies.
- Understanding of performant, scalable systems.
- Strong communication skills.
- Bias toward action and execution.

## Our Tech Stack
- TypeScript
- NestJS API with TypeORM
- Postgres
- Redis
- Heroku
- React
- Custom UI library on shadcn
- Tailwind

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