Backend Architect: Node.js/TypeScript, Kubernetes, Remote

Vertex; Ury; Hybrid; EUR 150,000 - 229,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertex seeks a senior backend engineer to design and operate scalable, secure distributed services running on Kubernetes and AWS. You will own data models, APIs and service boundaries while mentoring engineers through design reviews and architectural guidance.

The role involves building event-driven, high-throughput systems and collaborating with product managers to implement backend solutions that power our tax compliance platform across remote/global teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production experience with Node.js/TypeScript systems.
• Design and operate distributed services with retries, idempotency and failure handling.
• Experience with event-driven, high-throughput architectures using queues or pub/sub.
• Hands-on Kubernetes and AWS (S3, SQS, RDS) deployments and operations.
• RESTful APIs using Fastify/Nest/Express and Prisma ORM.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and evolve scalable backend services powering Vertex's platform.
• Lead architecture discussions, code reviews and design reviews to raise quality.
• Mentor engineers and drive best practices across the team.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

Distributed systems

REST APIs

Mentoring

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

Fastify

NestJS

Express

Prisma

Job description

Vertex seeks a senior backend engineer to design and operate scalable, secure distributed services running on Kubernetes and AWS. You will own data models, APIs and service boundaries while mentoring engineers through design reviews and architectural guidance.

The role involves building event-driven, high-throughput systems and collaborating with product managers to implement backend solutions that power our tax compliance platform across remote/global teams.