Lead Backend Software Engineer - Remote

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer - REMOTE. In this role, you will play a crucial part in the development of a cutting-edge cloud-native SaaS platform that manages software components within customer environments. Your expertise will help to create resilient data infrastructure designed for AI systems, ensuring high performance and reliability. By driving the implementation of backend services and systems, you will contribute significantly to mission-critical applications. This position offers the opportunity to work independently and influence architectural decisions in a dynamic, early-stage environment. Accountabilities

• Design and build backend services for a multi-tenant SaaS platform
• Design and implement customer-deployed agents (site control plane and source agents)
• Develop systems using Node.js (TypeScript, NestJS) and/or Go
• Design APIs, service boundaries, and communication protocols between cloud and on-site components
• Implement secure authentication, authorization, and policy enforcement
• Build asynchronous and event-driven workflows across cloud and on-prem environments
• Ensure systems are observable by design, with meaningful metrics, logs, and traces
• Own components end-to-end: design, implementation, deployment, monitoring, and reliability
• Participate in architecture decisions across SaaS and agent layers
• Debug and resolve production issues in distributed and hybrid systems

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong backend experience with Node.js (TypeScript, NestJS)
• Proven experience building production-grade backend systems
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, including failure modes and tradeoffs
• Experience with cloud-native architectures and Kubernetes
• Experience with AWS or another major cloud provider
• Experience with SQL databases (PostgreSQL or similar)
• Experience with event-driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar)
• Strong understanding of security fundamentals (authentication, TLS, encryption)
• Hands-on experience with observability in production systems, including metrics, logs, and traces
• Ability to work independently in an early-stage environment
• Excellent debugging skills and strong production ownership

Benefits

• People-first management with minimal bureaucracy
• A friendly company culture, proven by employees who choose to return
• Flexible working hours
• 29 days of PTO (18 working days per year plus all national holidays)
• 10 paid sick days
• Full financial and legal support for independent contractors
• Free English classes, with native speakers or Ukrainian teachers
• Dedicated HR support

Why Apply Through Jobgether? We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team. We appreciate your interest and wish you the best! Data Privacy Notice: By submitting your application, you acknowledge that Jobgether will process your personal data to evaluate your candidacy and share relevant information with the hiring employer. This processing is based on legitimate interest and pre-contractual measures under applicable data protection laws (including GDPR). You may exercise your rights (access, rectification, erasure, objection) at any time. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.