Senior Backend Engineer - Remote & Scalable APIs

Zoom; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 229,000; Full time

Job summary

Zoom is seeking a senior software engineer to own large backend projects, build scalable APIs, and work across infrastructure and data models. You will collaborate with engineers across backend, frontend, and ML systems, focusing on efficiency, reliability, and observability in a hybrid work environment.

The role emphasizes ownership, strong design judgment, and clear communication with team members while delivering impact through robust backend services.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering experience.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience with AWS, Postgres, and Node.js.
• Proficient with TypeGraphQL, Apollo/Express, and Postgres on RDS; ClickHouse knowledge is a plus.
• Ability to own large backend projects and communicate with frontend engineers.

Responsibilities

• Developing infrastructure, data models, features, and the overall system to build APIs, and maintain the codebase to resolve customer issues.
• Writing well-designed, testable code, ensuring systems are efficient, optimized, scalable, and reliable.
• Developing software testing and validation procedures and documentation.
• Ensuring core internal capabilities, infrastructure, and ML systems serve customer and team needs.
• Analyzing, problem-solve, and design systems with observability, SLA, and scalability in mind.

Skills

AWS

PostgreSQL

Node.js

TypeGraphQL

Apollo/Express

React

Backend architecture

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

ClickHouse

Express.js

PostgreSQL (RDS)

AWS services

Job description

Zoom is seeking a senior software engineer to own large backend projects, build scalable APIs, and work across infrastructure and data models. You will collaborate with engineers across backend, frontend, and ML systems, focusing on efficiency, reliability, and observability in a hybrid work environment.

The role emphasizes ownership, strong design judgment, and clear communication with team members while delivering impact through robust backend services.