Backend architect

Braven; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work from LATAM

Job summary

Braven is seeking a Senior Backend Architect to shape the core of a live production platform. You will set architectural direction, model complex domains, and evolve systems while keeping reliability for current clients.

You will work remotely with a fast-moving startup, balancing speed and correctness. You’ll deliver architecture decisions as code, champion data integrity, and mentor engineers across frontend and AI tooling usage.

Qualifications

• Experience designing the core of a production system.
• Strong knowledge of data modeling, databases, consistency, and live data handling.
• Ability to simplify designs and clearly explain tradeoffs.
• Hands-on approach: architectural decisions delivered as code.

Responsibilities

• Own backend architecture, including system boundaries and component ownership.
• Model a complex domain to keep data accurate and auditable.
• Reduce coupling to minimize disruption from changes.
• Evolve production systems carefully while clients depend on them.
• Establish engineering practices for safe and efficient builds.
• Make architecture decisions explicit in code and explain tradeoffs.

Skills

Backend architecture

Data modeling

Live system design

Architectural tradeoffs

English communication

Job description

Role overview

Shape the backend foundation of a live production platform as it grows to support more clients, products, engineers, and automated agents. You’ll set architectural direction and implement changes incrementally, keeping the system reliable for current users while making it easier to understand, extend, and maintain.

Responsibilities

• Own backend architecture, including system boundaries, component ownership, and interactions.
• Model a complex domain so its data remains accurate, auditable, and resilient to errors.
• Reduce unintended coupling so changes in one area are less likely to disrupt another.
• Evolve production systems in careful steps while clients continue to depend on them.
• Establish engineering practices that help both people and automated agents build safely and efficiently.
• Make architecture decisions explicit in working code and explain their tradeoffs.

Requirements

• Experience designing the core of a production system that other engineers build on, including living with the effects of those choices.
• Strong knowledge of data modeling, databases, consistency, and changing data in live systems.
• Ability to simplify designs and clearly explain tradeoffs.
• A hands‑on approach: architectural decisions should be delivered as code.
• Strong general software engineering skills and ability to move quickly while protecting critical behavior.
• Strong written and spoken English, and regular use of AI tools in engineering work.

Nice to have

• TypeScript experience; the current stack uses Bun and Fastify, though engineers from other stacks may be considered.
• Experience in insurance, fintech, or another domain where data must be exact and auditable.

Benefits and work setup

• Full-time, remote role open to candidates in Latin America.
• The work is described as demanding and fast-moving, with uncertainty typical of a high-growth startup.