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Senior Backend Engineer (Remote)

Zencastr

San Francisco, CA · Remote · Senior

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What this role is

Zencastr seeks a backend engineer to build high-performance infrastructure for their podcasting platform, working within a fully distributed startup team. This role suits someone with deep Node.js and TypeScript expertise who thrives on solving performance-critical problems at scale.

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Skills this role names

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What they ask for

Required

  • 5+ years of TypeScript and Node.js development
  • Strong knowledge of document/key-value stores like Redis and MongoDB
  • Strong SQL knowledge
  • Demonstrable experience building scalable consumer-facing applications
  • Strong experience with unit, integration, and load testing
  • Experience building APIs
  • Experience with cloud APIs such as Google Cloud or DigitalOcean
  • Computer science fundamentals understanding
  • Excellent communication and teamwork

Nice to have

  • Experience with high-traffic, low-latency applications
  • DevOps experience
  • Digital Signal Processing experience
  • Open source contributions
  • AI experience

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