Senior Backend Engineer (Node.js)

TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer (Node.js): Designing and scaling backend systems, APIs, and services for an open-source platform with an accent on world-class developer interfaces and optimizing performance. Focus on collaborating with customers, shaping the product roadmap, and engaging with the open-source community.

Location: Remote, working from Americas or Europe

Salary: $120K – $180K

Company

hirify.global (YC W23) is an open-source platform for product integrations, helping developers build seamless automations, with strong adoption among fast-growing AI companies.

What you will do

• Design and scale backend systems, APIs, and services for the open-source platform.
• Build world-class developer interfaces, including APIs, SDKs, UIs, and a runtime.
• Collaborate directly with customers to solve integration challenges.
• Optimize performance, scalability, and reliability across backend services.
• Shape the roadmap and company strategy with high ownership.
• Engage with the open-source community, owning and maintaining the repository.

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience with proven ability to scale high-traffic systems.
• Deep experience with developer infrastructure, APIs, databases, and performance-critical systems.
• Comfortable with Node.js and modern backend stacks.
• Strong communicator, proactive, and reliable in a remote-first environment.
• Product mindset and developer empathy, optimizing for developer experience (DX).
• Pragmatic, positive, low ego, and startup-ready: autonomous, ownership-driven, and able to navigate ambiguity.

Culture & Benefits

• Backed by YC and executives from Cloudflare, Retool, and Notion.
• Fast-growing company with product-led adoption.
• Remote-first work environment.
• Opportunity for high ownership and autonomy in a startup setting.
• Engage with an active open-source community.