Senior Backend Engineer - Node/TS & Rust | Remote

Benture; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cincinnatus LLC is embedding within a leading enterprise technology client's engineering organization, hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to build and scale backend services powering digital experiences used by millions daily. You will work with Engineering, UX, Product, Business, and Analytics to ship features rapidly and integrate Generative AI capabilities into production services.

The role emphasizes hands-on experience with Node.js, TypeScript, and Rust across the full software lifecycle,

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience building production systems at a high-scale organization.
• Hands-on production experience with Node.js and TypeScript on the backend.
• Hands-on Rust experience in production services, performance-critical modules, or substantial systems work.
• Strong web fundamentals: HTTP semantics, cookies, headers, caching, sessions, and server-to-server communication patterns.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of scoped features through collaborative engineering teams, keeping work aligned with platform objectives.
• Design, develop, test, and maintain high-quality services in Node.js, TypeScript, and Rust across the full software lifecycle and CI/CD pipelines.
• Build and optimize server-to-server integrations and API layers (REST and GraphQL) serving high-traffic, customer-facing applications.
• Integrate AI/ML capabilities into product services and leverage generative AI tools to boost engineering productivity.
• Contribute to solution design, conduct thorough code reviews, and champion best practices for scalable, secure, and maintainable systems.
• Monitor application performance, support defect resolution, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Mentor peers and contribute to knowledge sharing and engineering excellence across the team.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

Rust

HTTP/Web fundamentals

REST/GraphQL

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or related

Tools

GraphQL on Node.js

Job description

Cincinnatus LLC is embedding within a leading enterprise technology client's engineering organization, hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to build and scale backend services powering digital experiences used by millions daily. You will work with Engineering, UX, Product, Business, and Analytics to ship features rapidly and integrate Generative AI capabilities into production services.

The role emphasizes hands-on experience with Node.js, TypeScript, and Rust across the full software lifecycle,