Senior Backend Engineer — Remote (Node.js/NestJS/AWS)

Jobgether; Switzerland; Remote; CHF 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Well-being coverage

Sports benefits

Learning budget

Paid vacation

Paid sick leave

Public holidays pay

Remote work

Client team exposure

Long-term projects

Team events

Job summary

Jobgether is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer based in Switzerland to help develop and strengthen the backend of a mobile-first digital platform. You will own complex technical challenges, focusing on performance, scalability, and reliability using Node.js, NestJS, TypeScript, and AWS.

You will design scalable services, build APIs with NestJS, GraphQL, and REST, and develop real-time features with WebSockets.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional backend development experience using Node.js.
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript.
• Experience building backend services and self-documented APIs with NestJS, GraphQL and/or REST.
• Experience with event-driven architectures, NoSQL and cloud-native development.
• Hands-on AWS experience (ECS, DynamoDB, SQS, EventBridge, PostgreSQL).
• Real-time features with WebSockets.
• Experience in mobile-first environments and English proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy scalable backend services using cloud-first architectures.
• Investigate complex backend issues and define paths to resolution.
• Optimize performance, reliability, and data integrity as the platform scales.
• Build and document APIs with NestJS, GraphQL, and REST.
• Develop real-time features using WebSockets.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and own initiatives.
• Collaborate with Product and QA to deliver high-quality features.
• Implement unit and integration tests for code quality and stability.
• Apply observability and monitoring to track performance and resilience.
• Understand the product in a mobile-first context to support user needs.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

NestJS

GraphQL/REST

AWS

WebSockets

NoSQL

Cloud-native

English proficiency

Tools

Terraform

Apollo

Firebase

Stream Chat

Snowflake

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

Sentry

Datadog

CloudWatch

Job description

Jobgether is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer based in Switzerland to help develop and strengthen the backend of a mobile-first digital platform. You will own complex technical challenges, focusing on performance, scalability, and reliability using Node.js, NestJS, TypeScript, and AWS.

You will design scalable services, build APIs with NestJS, GraphQL, and REST, and develop real-time features with WebSockets.