Senior Backend Engineer

Design and build the data pipelines, edge functions, and APIs that power Heed's tax intelligence engine. You'll work with Postgres, Deno, and real-time event systems at scale. What you'll do Architect and maintain Supabase Edge Functions (Deno/TypeScript) that power tax change ingestion, alerting, and scenario analysisDesign and optimise Postgres schemas for multi-jurisdiction tax data with RLS policiesBuild queue-based email delivery and real-time notification pipelinesIntegrate third-party APIs (Stripe billing, AI models, government data sources)Own reliability: monitoring, error handling, and graceful degradation across all backend services What we're looking for 5+ years backend engineering experience with TypeScript or JavaScriptStrong PostgreSQL skills: query optimisation, migrations, row-level securityExperience with serverless/edge compute (Deno, Cloudflare Workers, or similar)Comfortable working in a fast-moving startup with minimal processClear written communication. We're async-first and remote Nice to have Familiarity with Supabase or Firebase ecosystemPrior fintech, regtech, or tax-domain experienceExperience with AI/LLM integration in production systems