Senior Backend Engineer: Scalable APIs & AI-Driven Systems

Urban Ridge Supplies; Philippines; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Urban Ridge Supplies is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to help scale our backend powering complex workflows across jobs, interviews, sourcing, and AI-driven insights. You will build features with Node.js and NestJS, improve architecture and data flows, design reliable APIs, review code, and guide teammates toward better patterns while collaborating with frontend, product, and AI teams.

This role emphasizes delivering fast, maintainable systems, reducing tech debt, and maintaining high

Qualifications

• Strong experience with NestJS.
• Deep understanding of backend architecture patterns (Modular monolith, Service + repository layering, Dependency injection, DTOs & validation).
• Solid experience designing reliable, high-quality APIs.
• Strong debugging, problem-solving, and code-organization skills.
• Ability to guide other developers and establish patterns.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.
• Experience improving backend performance or resolving bottlenecks.
• Experience in event-driven or modular architectures.
• Experience in AI-powered products (Claude, Cursor, Copilot).

Responsibilities

• Build backend features using Node.js / NestJS with clean, scalable patterns.
• Improve backend structure, modularity, and data flows.
• Implement API endpoints and business logic with clarity and maintainability.
• Review code and guide engineers toward better patterns.
• Collaborate with frontend, product, and AI teams to design efficient solutions.
• Identify small improvements that increase developer velocity.
• Strengthen error handling, validation, and domain clarity across the backend.
• Help the team avoid new tech debt while delivering fast.

Skills

NestJS

Node.js

Backend architecture

Modular monolith

Service + repository layering

Dependency injection

DTOs & validation

APIs design

Debugging

Team leadership

AI-powered products

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Job description

Urban Ridge Supplies is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to help scale our backend powering complex workflows across jobs, interviews, sourcing, and AI-driven insights. You will build features with Node.js and NestJS, improve architecture and data flows, design reliable APIs, review code, and guide teammates toward better patterns while collaborating with frontend, product, and AI teams.

This role emphasizes delivering fast, maintainable systems, reducing tech debt, and maintaining high