Backend Engineer (full-time)

Bigmile; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote or Hybrid work

26 vacation days

Laptop provided

Pension scheme

Job summary

Bigmile seeks a capable backend engineer to build and maintain services that help organizations understand and manage emissions across supply chains and mobility. You will work in one of two autonomous teams alongside frontend and backend peers to deliver features, improve reliability, and explore experimental work.

The role requires TypeScript and NestJS proficiency, plus experience with Kubernetes, databases like PostgreSQL and ClickHouse, and Kafka.

Qualifications

• Proficiency with TypeScript and NestJS.
• Experience with Kubernetes and backend infrastructure.
• Familiarity with PostgreSQL and ClickHouse databases and Kafka messaging.
• Experience with DevOps practices.
• Strong communication and collaborative working style.
• Availability for four or five days per week.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain APIs that support frontend features.
• Investigate alerts and trace issues to root causes for reliability.
• Improve backend services and infrastructure for scalability and performance.
• Reduce technical debt while balancing product work and experimentation.
• Collaborate with teammates and contribute to technical decisions.

Skills

TypeScript

NestJS

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

ClickHouse

Kafka

DevOps

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Job description

Role overview

Build and maintain backend capabilities for a platform that helps organizations understand and manage emissions associated with supply chains, logistics, and mobility. Working in one of two autonomous development teams alongside frontend and backend colleagues, you’ll deliver product features and contribute to experimental work while keeping services reliable, scalable, and maintainable.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain APIs, including endpoints that support frontend product features.
• Investigate monitoring alerts, trace issues to their root causes, and help maintain service reliability.
• Improve backend services and infrastructure for scalability and performance.
• Reduce technical debt while balancing ongoing product work with experiments.
• Collaborate with teammates, share knowledge, and contribute to technical decisions.

Requirements

• Proficiency with TypeScript and NestJS.
• Experience with Kubernetes and backend infrastructure.
• Familiarity with databases such as ClickHouse or PostgreSQL and messaging systems such as Kafka.
• Experience with DevOps practices.
• Strong communication and a collaborative, approachable working style.
• Availability for four or five days per week.

Nice to have

• Interest in sustainability, data, or logistics.

Benefits and work setup

• Remote or hybrid working, with most team members attending the office about one day per week.
• Salary based on experience, a laptop, pension scheme, and 26 vacation days.