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Senior Backend Engineer (Remote)

Zencastr

San Francisco, CA · Remote · Senior

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What this role is

Zencastr is seeking a backend engineer to design and maintain scalable services for their podcasting platform, working across APIs, data pipelines, and distributed systems. This role suits someone with deep Node.js and TypeScript expertise who thrives in fast-moving startup environments and wants ownership of complex technical challenges.

Our summary, not Zencastr’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

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What they ask for

Required

  • 7+ years backend engineering experience
  • 3+ years Node.js and TypeScript
  • API design and data modeling expertise
  • Distributed systems understanding
  • Microservices and event-driven architecture experience
  • Performance optimization and observability knowledge
  • PostgreSQL, Redis, or AWS experience
  • Ability to work autonomously in fast-moving environment

Nice to have

  • WebRTC experience
  • Media encoding or real-time streaming experience
  • SaaS or creator tools background
  • Audio/video platform experience
  • Open-source Node.js or TypeScript contributions

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