Backend Engineer

Externo; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Global candidate access

Full-time role

Job summary

Externo is seeking a Backend Engineer to own the services and APIs powering our core products, with an emphasis on security, scalability, and simplicity. This is a full-time, remote role open to candidates globally.

As part of the team, you will design, build, and operate backend services and APIs, strengthen security and performance of production systems, and collaborate with product and frontend teams. You will write clear code and contribute to documentation, while supporting operations and

Qualifications

• Professional experience building and operating backend services in production.
• Strong grasp of API design, data modeling, and distributed systems fundamentals.
• Proficiency in a modern backend programming language.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate backend services and APIs powering product surfaces.
• Strengthen the security, reliability, and performance of production systems.
• Keep the architecture simple and maintainable as the product and traffic grow.
• Collaborate with product and frontend teams on feature design and delivery.
• Participate in code review, testing, and on-call operational practices.

Skills

API design

Distributed systems

Backend programming

Cloud infrastructure

Observability

Maintainable code

Job description

Role overview

The Backend Engineer role centers on owning the services and APIs that power core products, with a focus on security, scalability, and simplicity. It is a full-time, remote position open to candidates globally.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate backend services and APIs that power product surfaces
• Strengthen the security, reliability, and performance of production systems
• Keep the architecture simple and maintainable as the product and traffic grow
• Collaborate with product and frontend teams on feature design and delivery
• Participate in code review, testing, and on-call operational practices

Requirements

• Professional experience building and operating backend services in production
• Strong grasp of API design, data modeling, and distributed systems fundamentals
• Proficiency in a modern backend programming language
• Comfort with cloud infrastructure and operational concerns such as scaling and observability
• Ability to write clear, maintainable code and contribute to technical documentation

Benefits and work setup

• Full-time role, remote, open to candidates globally