Backend Engineer (Node.js)

TL;DR

Backend Engineer (Node.js/TypeScript): Building and optimizing Home Assistant Cloud services with an accent on scalability, privacy, and reliability. Focus on maintaining authentication, subscription, and payment systems while integrating high-performance backend applications.

Location: Must be based in the Americas and able to cover Eastern to Pacific timezones (UTC-5 to UTC-8)

Salary: $120,000 – $155,000 (USA), 105,000 – 129,100 CAD (Canada), $50,000 – $65,000 (Latin America)

Company

hirify.global is the commercial entity behind Home Assistant, the world's largest open-source smart home platform, focusing on privacy-first cloud services.

What you will do

• Design and implement scalable, high-performance, and reliable backend applications.
• Develop and maintain authentication, subscription, and payment-related services for Home Assistant Cloud.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to define and ship new features.
• Improve the performance, quality, and responsiveness of cloud services.
• Ensure security and data protection best practices are implemented in all developments.
• Support production services, troubleshooting issues and ensuring system reliability at scale.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional backend development experience.
• 2+ years of professional experience with Node.js and TypeScript.
• Must be based in the Americas and able to cover UTC-5 to UTC-8 timezones.
• Fluent English proficiency (written and spoken).
• Experience with cloud services (preferably AWS) and Git/GitHub.
• Experience with identity management, authentication, or payment/billing platforms.

Nice to have

• Experience with NestJS, Elixir, Terraform, Grafana, or Python.
• Personal experience using Home Assistant.
• Knowledge of modern frontend development.
• Affinity for open-source philosophy and development.

Culture & Benefits

• Five weeks of paid time off and 14 days of paid sick leave.
• Generous parental leave (six weeks paid, six weeks unpaid).
• Budget for work hardware and an annual smart home budget.
• 50% contribution to home internet connection fees.
• Dedicated time (one day every two weeks) for personal projects.
• Fully remote organization with no fixed schedule, requiring only minimal daily overlap.

Hiring process

• Application review, screening, and a technical test.
• Team interview.
• Final interview with the CTO & CEO.