Senior Backend Engineer - TypeScript & AI (Remote)

Scale Up Recruiting Partners; Perímetro Urbano Barranquilla; Presencial; COP 284.621.000 - 411.119.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Flexible remote work

Direct work with founders

High ownership

Descripción de la vacante

Scale Up Recruiting Partners is assisting a fast-growing AI startup seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design and maintain scalable backend services." You will work with an AI-driven platform, focusing on data layer, processing systems, and third-party integrations.

This fully remote role embraces AI-assisted development, cross-functional collaboration with founders, and a fast-paced startup culture that rewards ownership and initiative.

Formación

• Strong professional experience building backend applications with TypeScript.
• Experience working with Node.js.
• Production experience with asynchronous job systems, queues, and distributed processing.
• Experience designing scalable backend architectures and data models.
• Comfortable working within large TypeScript codebases (300k+ LOC or comparable complexity).
• Experience building and maintaining multiple third-party integrations.
• Ability to work with inconsistent or undocumented external APIs and create resilient integration layers.
• Strong debugging skills across asynchronous systems and production environments.
• Understanding of concurrent browser automation and browser fingerprinting concepts.
• Familiarity with SQL databases.
• Hands-on experience using AI development tools such as Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, or similar.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

Responsabilidades

• Design, build and maintain scalable backend services using TypeScript.
• Own and improve the platform's data layer and backend runtime.
• Design efficient database schemas and optimize application performance.
• Build, maintain and improve integrations with multiple third-party APIs.
• Create adapter layers that normalize inconsistent external data structures.
• Debug complex asynchronous systems, queues and distributed workflows.
• Improve observability, monitoring and overall platform reliability.
• Collaborate closely with the founders to implement AI-powered workflows and automation across the engineering organization.
• Continuously evaluate and adopt new AI development tools that improve engineering productivity.

Conocimientos

TypeScript

Node.js

Async processing

API integration

Data modeling

Debugging

English

Independent work

Herramientas

Claude Code

OpenAI Codex

Cursor

Descripción del empleo

Scale Up Recruiting Partners is assisting a fast-growing AI startup seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design and maintain scalable backend services." You will work with an AI-driven platform, focusing on data layer, processing systems, and third-party integrations.

This fully remote role embraces AI-assisted development, cross-functional collaboration with founders, and a fast-paced startup culture that rewards ownership and initiative.