Job Overview
Role Overview
Our client is seeking a 10+ year Senior Backend Engineer who has built marketplaces, commerce engines, shopping cart workflows, or similar transactional platforms.
This role requires:
- Strong ownership
- Ability to deliver quickly in a startup environment
- Experience leading engineering where nothing exists yet
- Ability to define architecture, standards, and processes
- Comfort leading distributed teams (US + Taiwan)
- Hands-on coding + architectural leadership
This is a critical hire. Strong performance will result in full-time conversion.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership (0 → 1)
- Architect, design, and deliver the core backend systems for client’s data valuation marketplace.
- Build foundational services including: user management, marketplace transactions, workflow engines, pricing/valuation services, and data APIs.
- Own system design decisions and ensure long-term scalability, security, and performance.
Hands-On Engineering
- Write, review, and optimize code using Node.js and TypeScript.
- Build microservices, backend APIs, and integration pipelines using PostgreSQL, AWS services, and modern serverless patterns.
- Lead full-stack development with light UI support where needed.
Marketplace Engineering
- Design and implement marketplace capabilities (shopping cart workflows, transactions, payment flows, listings, and user interactions).
- Build and refine marketplace logic, search, metadata, and pricing models.
Team Leadership
- Collaborate with engineering teams in Taiwan (daily syncs between 5–7 PM PT).
- Mentor junior engineers and enforce coding standards and best practices.
- Work closely with product, design, and leadership to convert business needs into technical execution.
Execution & Delivery
- Build quickly while keeping long-term architecture in mind.
- Establish engineering processes, code reviews, deployments, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring.
- Ensure high-quality releases with short turnaround cycles.
Core Technical Skills
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong expertise in Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and RESTful API design.
- Deep knowledge of AWS Cloud (Lambda, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, EC2, CloudFormation/CDK or Terraform).
- Experience building marketplaces or commerce platforms (critical requirement).
- Experience building backend systems from scratch (0→1 product development).
- Familiarity with distributed systems, microservices, security, and system scaling.
Bonus
- Experience with data platforms, data economy, or data valuation systems.
- Experience working with globally distributed teams.
Pay: $128,619.03 - $170,896.03 per year
Experience:
- Total: 10 years (Required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Mountain View, CA 94043
