Senior Backend Engineer — Real-time Platform Remote Equity

Skape Industries LLC; New York (NY); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

Ground Floor Equity

Unlimited PTO

Conference budget

Job summary

Skape is building the Uber of landscaping and is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to power its real-time marketplace. You’ll design systems using TypeScript/Node.js and Firebase, handling bookings, matching, payments, and route optimization.

Work directly with the founder and Flutter engineers to ship fast, reliable APIs, scale from day one, and contribute to the technical roadmap with a pragmatic, shipping‑today mindset.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of backend engineering in production with Node.js/TypeScript.
• Experience designing RESTful APIs or GraphQL at scale.
• Solid knowledge of database design, indexing, and query optimization.
• Experience with payments (Stripe/PayPal or similar) and multi‑party flows.
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems and data consistency.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable backend services using Node.js/TypeScript and Firebase Cloud Functions.
• Build and optimize real-time data pipelines with Firestore and complex marketplace matching logic.
• Develop payment infrastructure including escrow, splits, and payouts (Stripe Connect).
• Design geospatial systems for provider matching, route optimization, and service area management.
• Ensure security, authentication, and authorization; monitor and maintain observability for reliability.

Skills

Node.js/TypeScript

RESTful APIs / GraphQL

Distributed systems

Payments processing

Tools

Firebase

Firestore

Cloud Functions

Auth

Stripe

Job description

Skape is building the Uber of landscaping and is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to power its real-time marketplace. You’ll design systems using TypeScript/Node.js and Firebase, handling bookings, matching, payments, and route optimization.

Work directly with the founder and Flutter engineers to ship fast, reliable APIs, scale from day one, and contribute to the technical roadmap with a pragmatic, shipping‑today mindset.