Full-Stack Software Engineer (Backend-Leaning)
Build backend-heavy full-stack systems, APIs, data pipelines, and end-to-end features using Go, TypeScript/React, and AWS/Kubernetes. Collaborate with product/design/AI teams, own production systems including on-call, with emphasis on scalability and user experience.
About the job
What You’ll Do
- Design and scale backend services, APIs, and data pipelines that power Collate’s products.
- Deliver end-to-end, production-ready features in partnership with product, design, and AI engineering.
- Balance iteration speed with technical rigor to ensure systems scale reliably.
- Create internal tools and workflows that accelerate engineering productivity.
- Share responsibility for production systems, including participating in on-call rotation.
What We’re Looking For
- Have experience building across the stack, with deeper strength in backend systems.
- Enjoy taking features from idea → backend architecture → polished UI.
- Care deeply about both technical robustness and the end user experience.
- Are motivated by ambiguity, eager to pick up missing knowledge, and excited to solve novel problems.
- Value speed, pragmatism, and scrappiness but know when to design for robustness.
- Have been an early-stage engineer or startup founder—or aspire to work at that level of ownership.
Modern Tech Stack
Collate uses a modern tech stack, targeting a highly reliable and available platform. We use Go for scalable backend services, TypeScript & React for frontend development, and Python for AI & ML services. Our infrastructure is hosted on AWS with Kubernetes for orchestration and Terraform + Argo CD for configuration management. Key systems include S3, PostgreSQL, Kafka, OpenSearch, LLMs, and other AI models.
Skills
Go, TypeScript, React, Python, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Argo Cd, Postgres, Kafka
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