Senior Backend Engineer (TypeScript & AI)
- Location
- LATAM
- Workplace
- Remote
- Employment
- Full Time
- Salary
- —
Posted 25d ago
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Responsibilities
- Design, build and maintain scalable backend services using TypeScript
- Own and improve the platform's data layer and backend runtime
- Design efficient database schemas and optimize application performance
- Build, maintain and improve integrations with multiple third-party APIs
- Create adapter layers that normalize inconsistent external data structures
- Debug complex asynchronous systems, queues and distributed workflows
- Improve observability, monitoring and overall platform reliability
- Collaborate with founders to implement AI-powered workflows and automation
- Continuously evaluate and adopt new AI development tools
Requirements
- Strong professional experience building backend applications with TypeScript
- Experience working with Node.js
- Production experience with asynchronous job systems, queues, and distributed processing
- Experience designing scalable backend architectures and data models
- Comfortable working within large TypeScript codebases (300k+ LOC)
- Experience building and maintaining multiple third-party integrations
- Ability to work with inconsistent or undocumented external APIs
- Strong debugging skills across asynchronous systems and production environments
- Understanding of concurrent browser automation and browser fingerprinting concepts
- Familiarity with SQL databases
- Hands-on experience using AI development tools such as Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
Preferred
- Experience building AI agents or agentic workflows
- Python experience
- Experience with React, Next.js or Svelte
- Experience with ClickHouse or Convex
- Experience working with email infrastructure or marketing technology
- Startup experience
- Product-minded engineering approach
Skills
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- SQL
- Claude Code
- OpenAI Codex
- Cursor
- Python
- React
- Next.js
- Svelte
- ClickHouse
- Convex
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