Senior Backend Engineer — Live AI Data Platform

Atmosfy; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Global impact on product scale

Direct collaboration with Founder &CEO

Job summary

Atmosfy is seeking a senior backend engineer to build the next generation of our consumer platform. You will work with the founder and the engineering team to design, build, and ship systems powering experiences used by millions of travelers and creators worldwide.

Design and scale backend services in Node.js and PHP, own APIs end-to-end, and operate data and media pipelines at global scale. Collaborate with frontend engineers to maintain clean contracts and robust performance.

Qualifications

• 5 years of professional backend experience with deep expertise in Node.js and PHP.
• Experience with Node.js/TypeScript and frameworks (Express, NestJS) for production services.
• Experience with Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter or similar.
• Strong relational database skills (MySQL or PostgreSQL) and schema design.
• Experience designing and operating RESTful APIs for mobile and web clients.
• Familiarity with AI-native workflows and integrating AI tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and maintain robust and scalable applications.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate client/server logic.
• Design and optimize database structures for performance and scalability.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve software defects and performance issues.
• Implement security best practices to protect applications.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure quality and adherence to standards.
• Stay up to date with emerging trends and technologies in PHP development.
• Contribute to system architecture discussions and technical decision-making.

Skills

Node.js

PHP

TypeScript

REST APIs

Git

Frontend basics

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Tools

Laravel

Symfony

Express

NestJS

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Job description

Atmosfy is seeking a senior backend engineer to build the next generation of our consumer platform. You will work with the founder and the engineering team to design, build, and ship systems powering experiences used by millions of travelers and creators worldwide.

Design and scale backend services in Node.js and PHP, own APIs end-to-end, and operate data and media pipelines at global scale. Collaborate with frontend engineers to maintain clean contracts and robust performance.