Senior Backend Engineer: Scale resilient systems

Arbor; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Meaningful equity

Benefits

Remote-friendly work

Occasional in-person collaboration

Job summary

Arbor is seeking a backend-focused engineer to join their engineering team in Austin, Texas. The position involves designing scalable backend services, developing cloud infrastructure on GCP, and building integrations with utility and supplier services. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience, strong knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript, and a bias toward shipping. Arbor offers competitive salary, equity, benefits, and a remote-friendly work environment with occasional in-person collaboration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience with production systems at scale.
• Strong expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript, with Node.js as the primary backend.
• Hands-on experience managing cloud environments, preferably GCP.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable backend services for the marketplace platform.
• Develop cloud infrastructure on GCP using Terraform for reliability.
• Create robust data pipelines for real-time rate monitoring.

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

Node.js

Terraform

SQL

AI fluency

Tools

GCP

Nest.js

Job description

Arbor is seeking a backend-focused engineer to join their engineering team in Austin, Texas. The position involves designing scalable backend services, developing cloud infrastructure on GCP, and building integrations with utility and supplier services. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience, strong knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript, and a bias toward shipping. Arbor offers competitive salary, equity, benefits, and a remote-friendly work environment with occasional in-person collaboration.