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Backend Engineer

Job description


Role: Backend Engineer

Location: Dallas, TX (Remote)
Experience : 9+yrs
IP: KForce

Client: Vacation Renter

Duties/Day to Day Overview:

  • Design, architect, and implement robust APIs and services using Node.js, PostgreSQL, and Redis
  • Optimize complex SQL queries and schemas to ensure lightning-fast performance across large datasets
  • Tackle high-scale engineering challenges to ensure reliability and efficiency under heavy traffic
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, and leadership teams on backend features
  • Proactively identify and resolve technical debt; lead refactoring projects to future-proof our stack
  • Participate in team standups, code reviews, and deployment processes
  • Mentor and support other engineers, helping to elevate team-wide technical excellence
  • Take ownership of projects and drive initiatives from concept to production

Technical Requirements:

  • 5-7+ years of backend software engineering experience
  • Strong experience with Node.js
  • Strong experience using JavaScript on the backend (in conjunction with Node.js)
  • Experience with PostgreSQL (or equivalent relational databases)
  • Strong SQL skills — able to write, debug, and optimize complex queries on large datasets
  • Experience working on high-volume, high-traffic, consumer-facing platforms
  • Experience scaling systems to millions of daily users
  • Experience with DevOps practices and cloud infrastructure (preferably Google Cloud or AWS), including CI/CD, monitoring, and infrastructure as code
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills
  • Experience working within a startup environment and having an entrepreneurial mindset
  • Experience working in an Agile environment – daily standups and 2 week sprints


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