# Backend Engineer

Hiring organization: [Techstars](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/techstars)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/a4a94bdf-d7dc-4303-a40c-07bbec556790

Listed on Techstars's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Location: Americas; Remote
- Remote: yes
- Salary: 115000 – 130000 USD per year

## Summary

This role combines backend and infrastructure engineering, focusing on data pipelines, Kubernetes operations, and database management for a platform supporting startup acceleration and investment decisions. It's suited for someone comfortable moving between data engineering and DevOps work who wants to own critical systems end-to-end.

_Our summary, not Techstars's wording._

## Skills named

Amazon RDS, Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache Kafka, AWS Lambda, GitHub Actions, Grafana, Helm, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Prometheus, Python, Salesforce, Terraform

## Required

- Build and maintain data pipelines (ETL/ELT)
- Design and optimize PostgreSQL schemas and queries
- Operate Kubernetes in production
- Write infrastructure-as-code with Terraform or OpenTofu
- Write Python for data engineering and automation
- Debug complex systems across unfamiliar codebases
- Work effectively in agile teams with product delivery cycles

## Nice to have

- Salesforce data integration experience
- Financial or venture capital domain knowledge
- Data pipeline orchestration tools like Airflow
- JavaScript or TypeScript for backend services
- Prior experience at startups, accelerators, or investment firms
- Prometheus and Grafana observability platform experience

Apply on Techstars's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/techstars57/jobs/8790116002