About the role
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and support the backend services that power our enterprise AI and knowledge management platforms.
You will primarily work on a proprietary Content Management System (CMS) built with Node.js and TypeScript while contributing to Python-based services that support AI capabilities. This role focuses on scalable APIs, cloud-native services, and the systems that enable secure access to enterprise knowledge.
What You Will Do
- Design, build, deploy, monitor, and support production services.
- Develop and maintain REST APIs for content management, retrieval, and integrations.
- Enhance a CMS platform built with Node.js and TypeScript.
- Contribute to Python-based services supporting AI applications.
- Build reusable services and patterns that improve scalability and developer productivity.
- Review code and promote engineering best practices.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve production systems.
- Partner with AI engineers, architects, and product teams to deliver secure, reliable solutions.
- Create and maintain technical documentation and API specifications.
Required Skills
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Proven track record of shipping enterprise-grade production software.
- Strong experience with Node.js and TypeScript.
- Experience designing and supporting REST APIs and backend services.
- Experience with AWS in production environments.
- Working knowledge of Python and willingness to contribute when needed.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, and distributed systems.
- Experience with Git, code reviews, and modern development practices.
- Understanding of CI/CD and automated deployment pipelines.
- Experience implementing logging, monitoring, and observability solutions.
- Knowledge of secure coding practices, API security, authentication, and OWASP fundamentals.
- Experience working within Agile development teams.
Nice to Have
- Experience with content management, document processing, or knowledge management platforms.
- Experience supporting RAG or AI-enabled applications.
- Experience with AWS services such as Lambda, ECS, SQS, and S3.
- Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
- Experience with OpenTelemetry, Grafana, or similar observability platforms.
- Experience designing event-driven architectures.
- Familiarity with OAuth, IAM, and modern authentication patterns.
- Experience working in highly regulated or security-conscious environments.
- AWS certifications.
- Mindset
- Passionate about software quality, reliability, and maintainability.
- Takes ownership of production systems and outcomes.
- Focuses on building scalable, long-term solutions.
- Pragmatic problem solver who balances quality with delivery.
- Collaborative teammate who works well across engineering disciplines.
- Continuously learns and adapts to new technologies.
- Proactively improves systems, processes, and developer experience.