CLI Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate backend APIs and services in TypeScript using NestJS patterns, prioritizing security, performance, and clear contracts.
• Design and develop CLI tooling consistent, secure, and performant across Windows, Linux, and macOS.
• Collaborate with product and platform teams to define end-to-end behavior from HTTP/API design to CLI and local development stack.
• Implement unit, integration, and end-to-end tests across backend and CLI.
• Create documentation and help content for API consumers, CLI users, and contributing developers.
• Participate in releases, versioning, and backwards compatibility.
• Monitor usage and feedback; work with customers and open source community to improve API/backend and CLI experiences.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software development experience with strong track record in backend systems and/or developer-facing tooling.
• Strong TypeScript and professional experience shipping production API and server-side code; NestJS experience strongly preferred.
• Hands-on experience with command-line tools (building, maintaining, or owning CLIs), including cross-platform concerns: filesystem access, subprocess management, terminal UX, platform-specific behavior.
• Proficiency in TypeScript/Node (essential); other CLI/backend languages (Rust, Python, Go, C++).
• Experience building CLIs with strong UX: intuitive command structure, clear output, actionable error messaging.
• Familiarity with package distribution (npm, yarn, Homebrew, APT, Snap, Scoop, Chocolatey).
• Solid Git workflow and CI/CD experience.

Nice to Haves

• Contributions to open-source CLI tools, libraries, or backend frameworks.
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with database migration management, Postgres, and related drivers.