Backend Engineer

Staff Backend Software Engineer – Hybrid permanent – Raleigh-Durham, NC

Join a leading education technology organization to design, build, and maintain backend services powering mobile and web platforms, ensuring reliability and scalability for a global user base.

• Design, build, and maintain robust backend services in a Type Script/Node.js environment, ensuring reliability, performance, and comprehensive test coverage.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and engineering teams to develop APIs and infrastructure supporting new features across mobile and web platforms.
• Lead and contribute to technical planning, defining scope, evaluating complexity, and architecting solutions that balance short-term needs with long-term scalability.
• Work closely with fellow engineers to align backend and frontend efforts, solve challenging problems, and ensure seamless cross-platform functionality.
• Monitor and maintain system health, including optimizing Mongo
  
  DB database performance, debugging production issues, and coordinating with cloud infrastructure providers.
• Champion engineering excellence by evolving internal standards, mentoring peers, and fostering a strong culture of code quality, collaboration, and continuous learning.

• 8+ years of professional backend experience, primarily with Type Script and NodeJS.
• Proven ability to design and maintain RESTful APIs.
• Strong focus on code quality, testing, and documentation.
• Experience with Mongo
  
  DB or other No
  
  SQL databases.

• Experience delivering solutions in other languages, particularly Go or Rust.
• Experience optimizing database performance (indexing, query tuning).
• Experience managing CI and deployment pipelines.
• Experience working on projects from ideation through release and maintenance.
• Prior involvement in mentoring or engineering leadership.

• Salary Range: $165,000-$190,000/year (USD)
• Comprehensive Benefits:
  Medical, Dental, Vision, sick leave if required by law, and 401K.

This job opens for applications on 12/17/25. Applications will be accepted for at least 30 days from posting date.

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