Backend Engineer

monks; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote position

Job summary

monks is seeking a senior backend engineer to build production services, APIs, and data layers with a focus on correctness, scalability, and observability. You will work within a delivery team alongside clients and product, embracing AI-assisted coding tools in daily practice.

The role emphasizes designing scalable services in Node/TypeScript, REST APIs, and PostgreSQL, with experience on AWS (Lambda, SQS, SNS, S3).

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend development experience with Node.js and TypeScript
• Experience designing REST APIs
• Strong PostgreSQL data modeling
• Experience with AWS services (Lambda, SQS, SNS, S3)
• Knowledge of distributed systems and service architecture
• Good testing habits and disciplined engineering
• Strong English communication and ability to explain trade-offs clearly
• Comfort in fast-paced, agile consulting environment

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable services in Node and TypeScript
• Design and implement REST APIs, and GraphQL where appropriate
• Model relational data and optimize PostgreSQL performance
• Review code, including AI-generated code, for quality and consistency
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex backend issues
• Contribute to team standards, tooling, and architectural decisions

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

REST APIs

PostgreSQL

Distributed systems

Testing

English communication

AGILE

Tools

AWS Lambda

AWS SQS

AWS SNS

AWS S3

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Role overview

A senior backend engineering role builds the production services, APIs, and data layers that other parts of the product depend on, with a strong emphasis on correctness, scalability, and observability. The position operates within a delivery team alongside clients, product, and other engineers, working in an environment that actively embraces agentic AI coding tools as part of everyday practice.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable services in Node and TypeScript.
• Design and implement REST APIs, and GraphQL where appropriate.
• Model relational data and safeguard data integrity and performance in PostgreSQL.
• Review code, including AI-generated code, for quality and consistency.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex backend issues.
• Contribute to team standards, tooling, and architectural decisions.

Requirements

• Five or more years of backend development experience with strong Node and TypeScript skills.
• Solid experience designing and implementing REST APIs.
• Strong PostgreSQL and relational data modeling expertise.
• Experience building on AWS services such as Lambda, SQS, SNS, and S3.
• A solid grasp of service architecture and distributed systems.
• Good testing habits and disciplined engineering rigor.
• Strong English communication skills and the ability to explain technical trade-offs clearly.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, agile consulting environment.

Nice to have

• Experience integrating large language models or building AI-backed services.
• Familiarity with event-driven systems and message queues.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Depth in another ecosystem such as Python or Go.
• Open-source work that can be shared as a portfolio link.

Benefits and work setup

• Remote position.
• Inclusion-oriented employer with dedicated spaces reserved under Colombian Law 2466 of 2025 for people with disabilities.
• Collaborative team culture with focus on AI-assisted engineering practices and tools such as Claude Code and Codex.