Lead Backend / Platform Engineer

Talantir; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Job summary

Talantir seeks a Lead Backend/Platform Engineer to design and build scalable core systems powering the platform. You will architect backend services, build robust APIs, and ensure production reliability in cloud environments.

This role emphasizes solving complex technical problems, establishing engineering standards, and leading a team to deliver production-ready systems. Remote-friendly with strong collaboration across product, QA, and design.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional backend engineering experience.
• Designing and implementing complex software systems end-to-end.
• Strong database modeling and transactions in distributed systems.
• REST and GraphQL service development; API design experience.
• Proficient in Node.js and cloud deployment.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, reliable backend systems from architecture to production deployment.
• Harden and optimize the platform for stability, performance, and release readiness.
• Lead implementation of backend services, APIs, and data models with a focus on maintainability.
• Review code, debug complex issues, and improve performance where needed.
• Collaborate with Product, QA, and Design to translate business problems into technical solutions.

Skills

Backend engineering

Data modeling

API design

Cloud architectures

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

MongoDB

GraphQL

Node.js

Job description

Lead Backend / Platform Engineer

We are looking for a Lead Backend/Platform Engineer to help design and build the core systems that power our platform. In this role, you will architect and implement scalable backend services, build robust APIs, and ensure our systems perform reliably in production cloud environments.

This position is ideal for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex technical problems, building production-ready systems, and influencing engineering standards across a development team.

Work Authorization

• * Applicants *must be based in the United States and legally authorized to work in the U.S.*

Knowledge/Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, reliable backend systems - from architecture through production deployment.
• Harden and optimize the platform for stability, performance, and release readiness.
• Lead implementation of backend services, APIs, and data models with a strong focus on maintainability strategies.
• *Strong experience in data modeling and working on No SQL database like MongoDB as we heavily use MongoDB.*
• Set technical standards and establish best practices across code quality, architecture, and system design.
• Act as a hands-on technical leader reviewing code, debugging complex issues, and improving performance where needed.
• Collaborate closely with Product, QA, and Design to translate business problems into well-structured technical solutions.
• *Hands on experience with ability to utilize AI for development and analysis.*
• Ask the right technical questions early to clarify requirements and reduce downstream risk.
• Help define engineering roadmaps, technical milestones, and delivery metrics.
• Improve development workflows and processes to increase team velocity and reliability.

Qualifications

• *10+ years of professional backend engineering experience building production*
• *systems. *
• Proven experience designing and implementing complex software systems end-to-end.
• *Understands Database Modeling, managing complex Database Transactions, and ensuring data integrity across distributed systems. *
• Strong *experience with API *design.
• *Deep *knowledge of *data modeling, normalization, query optimization, and *indexing.
• *STRONG Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB.
• Experience building REST and/or GraphQL services.
• Strong proficiency in a modern backend language (Node.js preferred).
• Experience shipping highly reliable systems in cloud environments.
• Ability to operate independently while contributing to broader technical direction.
• Experience working across cross-functional teams to deliver complex product features.

What Makes Someone Successful Here

• Comfortable owning *complex technical problems*
• Strong *system design and architecture skills*
• Focus on building *reliable, production-ready systems*
• Able to influence engineering quality through *hands-on leadership*

Health Benefits for W2 employees.

Benefits

• *Dental insurance
• *Health insurance
• *Paid time off
• *Vision insurance

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $650.00 - $700.00 per day

Work Location: Remote