Staff Backend Engineer

Why This Role Exists We're looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to help our client build new features and improve their platform's overall quality and performance. They offer a workforce management solution for businesses that engage independent contractors and help customers onboard workers compliantly, pay them quickly, automate back-office work, and scale their fleets. Because their product is still early in its lifecycle, this is a high-impact role for a self-motivated engineer who thrives in a startup environment and wants to help them scale. What You'll Drive Manage increasing system complexity through effective system design, clear processes, and thorough documentation Identify and solve relevant platform bottlenecks before they start affecting customers Help other engineers level up their skills through mentoring and coaching Write maintainable, reliable, and testable code for the platform Collaborate daily with the engineering team to plan complex tasks, perform code reviews, and pair program Who You Are You have 5+ years of experience with NodeJS , relational databases, and Kubernetes . You bring 3+ years of experience with TypeScript and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You have a proven track record of mentoring and coaching other engineers. You possess a deep understanding of organizational and system needs as a company scales, with extensive experience in technical documentation. You have experience integrating 3rd-party APIs (such as payment providers or CRMs). You are self-motivated and adaptable, with a startup mindset focused on ownership. You have good spoken and written English and are located in a European timezone (Poland westward preferred) or EST to ensure good collaboration overlap with the US. How You'll Work You will be part of an 11-person engineering team, working with other members and interacting directly with stakeholders. They have a fairly light process, which allows for much freedom, but they expect strong ownership of outcomes in return. What You'll Get Annual salary of $100,000 - $120,000 (based on interview performance) Company equity Work from anywhere Flexible work hours Unlimited PTO What Happens Next Here's a brief overview of our process: Application Review Introductory Call with a recruiter from All The Hires. Technical Interview with the Head of Engineering. We look forward to reviewing your application.