Summary
Join a senior backend engineering role focused on evolving and modernizing a production platform. You will design and maintain APIs and services, work extensively with Node.js, relational databases, and AWS infrastructure, and help shape a migration toward a more modern architecture. The role combines hands-on development with architectural decision-making, performance optimization, cloud operations, security, and technical guidance.
Highlights
Senior-level ownership of backend architecture and technical direction, meaningful influence over modernization efforts, hands-on engineering work, and opportunities to improve system performance, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
Description
We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to help maintain and evolve our backend platform.
Our current backend is built on a Node.js-based framework backed by an Oracle database (hosted on AWS RDS) and supports React single-page applications.
Our infrastructure runs on AWS EC2.
While this role includes contributing to ongoing feature development, a key responsibility will be helping guide the transition toward a more modern backend architecture and framework.
This is a hands-on role with meaningful influence over backend design, technical direction, and long-term maintainability.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs
Work within an existing Node.js backend, improving stability, performance, and maintainability
Deploy and manage backend services on AWS EC2
Contribute to planning and executing the migration to a modern backend
framework
Collaborate closely with frontend and full-stack engineers on end-to-end feature delivery
Define and apply backend architecture patterns, API design standards, and best practices
Work with AWS RDS (Oracle, PostgreSQL) to ensure data integrity, performance, and scalability
Evaluate application health and performance using AWS CloudWatch or similar tooling
Participate in code reviews and provide technical guidance on backend-related topics
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Strong experience as a backend engineer working on production system
Solid experience with Node.js backend development and modern backend frameworks
Strong SQL skills and experience with relational databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL)
Experience with AWS infrastructure, particularly EC2 and RDS
Understanding of cloud networking fundamentals (VPCs, security groups, load balancers)
Familiarity with authentication, authorization, and backend security best
practices
NICE TO HAVE
Experience modernizing or incrementally migrating backend platforms
Deeper AWS experience (IAM, CloudWatch, ALB, Parameter Store/Secrets Manager)
Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Cloud Formation, or CDK)
Experience mentoring engineers or acting as a technical lead
