Senior Backend Engineer - Remote

Overview

Empower the voices of the world @ Zencastr. If you want to push the world of podcasting into the future, come join a team who loves to live on the edge! We are a fully distributed team of smart people who are passionate about changing the world one voice at a time.

In Short

• Significant experience with Node.js and good knowledge of JS fundamentals
• Good understanding of computer science fundamentals
• Ambitious and eager to tackle tough tech problems
• Enjoy writing JavaScript or TypeScript
• Focus on performance and optimization
• Team player with good communication skills
• Passion for high-performance applications
• Experience with open source contributions
• Desire to work in a fast-growing startup
• Empathy for the end user

Requirements

• 5+ years of TypeScript, Node.js development
• Strong document/key-value store knowledge (Redis, MongoDB)
• Strong SQL knowledge
• Knowledge of building scalable consumer-based apps
• Experience with unit, integration, and load testing
• Experience building APIs
• Experience with cloud APIs (Google Cloud, Digital Ocean)

Benefits

• Work with world-class engineers, PhDs, and designers
• Agile and fast-changing environment
• Equity commensurate to contribution in a profitable company
• Health insurance
• Unique challenges with support and talent
• 4 weeks PTO
• Freedom to work where you please