Senior Backend Engineer — Scale Global APIs & Systems

Scrambly; Town of Belgium (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-focused impact

Code review culture

Mentorship and knowledge sharing

Fast-paced environment

Job summary

Scrambly is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to build core systems serving millions of users globally. You will work on user-facing product systems and internal platform tools, focusing on scalable backend services and efficient back-office automation.

You will design robust RESTful APIs, mentor engineers, and partner with DevOps to optimize deployments. The role emphasizes high performance, reliability, and maintainable code in a fast-growing adtech startup.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with a backend focus.
• Proficiency in Node.js and NestJS.
• Strong knowledge of RESTful APIs and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Architecture & Development: Design, build, and maintain highly scalable Node.js (NestJS) RESTful APIs and distributed systems.
• Quality & Mentorship: Champion clean, testable code and mentor engineers via code reviews and paired programming.
• Infrastructure & Performance: Monitor reliability, resolve bottlenecks, manage containerized lifecycles, optimize CI/CD with DevOps.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with Product, Design, and QA to translate requirements into robust specs and communicate constraints.

Skills

Backend development

System design

RESTful APIs

Communication

Frontend collaboration

Tools

Node.js

NestJS

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Helm

PostgreSQL

Redis

RabbitMQ

GCP

React

Go

Job description

Scrambly is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to build core systems serving millions of users globally. You will work on user-facing product systems and internal platform tools, focusing on scalable backend services and efficient back-office automation.

You will design robust RESTful APIs, mentor engineers, and partner with DevOps to optimize deployments. The role emphasizes high performance, reliability, and maintainable code in a fast-growing adtech startup.