Senior Backend Engineer - Remote + Equity

Beyond Hosting; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical coverage

Open PTO

Paid family leave

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

EngagedMD is hiring an experienced backend engineer to architect and build scalable services in TypeScript and Node.js. You will lead system design for new platforms, own domains end-to-end, and collaborate with product, frontend, and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable capabilities.

You will mentor engineers, contribute to incident response, and help drive standards across the backend stack, balancing fast delivery with long-term quality. This is a fully remote role requiring US residency.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with a backend focus.
• Deep expertise in TypeScript and building production backend services.
• Strong system design skills for large-scale, business-critical systems.
• Ability to operate autonomously in ambiguous environments.
• Excellent communication to explain technical concepts to engineers and non-engineers.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent career experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain backend services and APIs using TypeScript and modern Node.js frameworks.
• Lead system design efforts for new and existing platforms, including service decomposition, data modeling, scalability and reliability considerations.
• Own complex backend domains end-to-end, from initial architecture through implementation, deployment and long-term maintenance.
• Drive technical direction and standards across the backend stack, including coding practices, service boundaries, observability, error handling and performance.
• Collaborate closely with product, frontend, and infrastructure teams to deliver scalable, reliable product capabilities.
• Mentor and support engineers through code reviews, design discussions and hands-on technical guidance.
• Contribute to incident response, root-cause analysis and improvements to system resiliency.

Skills

TypeScript

Node.js

System design

Backend development

Distributed systems

Cloud deployments

REST/GraphQL APIs

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent career experience

Tools

REST/GraphQL APIs

TypeScript tooling

Job description

EngagedMD is hiring an experienced backend engineer to architect and build scalable services in TypeScript and Node.js. You will lead system design for new platforms, own domains end-to-end, and collaborate with product, frontend, and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable capabilities.

You will mentor engineers, contribute to incident response, and help drive standards across the backend stack, balancing fast delivery with long-term quality. This is a fully remote role requiring US residency.