Backend Systems Engineer — Remote, Scalable APIs

Zoom; Santa Fe (NM); Hybrid; USD 88,000 - 186,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Zoom is hiring a software engineer to develop infrastructure and APIs, focusing on reliable, scalable backend systems. You will work with AWS, PostgreSQL, and Node.js, building APIs with GraphQL (TypeGraphQL) and supporting services on AWS.

The role emphasizes ownership of large backend projects and collaboration with experienced engineers. The team values pragmatic, well-crafted code and strong problem-solving skills, with a hybrid/remote working approach indicated.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Be comfortable working with AWS, Postgres, and Node.js.
• Able to use TypeGraphQL for API endpoints, Apollo/Express as web server, and Postgres (RDS) + ClickHouse as databases.

Responsibilities

• Developing infrastructure, data models, features, and the overall system to build APIs, and maintain the codebase to resolve customer issues.
• Writing well-designed, testable code, ensuring systems are efficient, optimized, scalable, and reliable.
• Developing software testing and validation procedures and documentation.
• Ensuring core internal capabilities, infrastructure, and ML systems serve customer and team needs.
• Analyzing, problem-solve, and design systems with observability, SLA, and scalability in mind.

Skills

Software engineering

APIs

APIs design

AWS

PostgreSQL

Node.js

TypeGraphQL

Apollo/Express

React

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS

PostgreSQL

Node.js

RDS

ClickHouse

React

TypeGraphQL

Apollo/Express

Job description

Zoom is hiring a software engineer to develop infrastructure and APIs, focusing on reliable, scalable backend systems. You will work with AWS, PostgreSQL, and Node.js, building APIs with GraphQL (TypeGraphQL) and supporting services on AWS.

The role emphasizes ownership of large backend projects and collaboration with experienced engineers. The team values pragmatic, well-crafted code and strong problem-solving skills, with a hybrid/remote working approach indicated.