Senior Backend Engineer — Secure, Scalable APIs (Remote)

IDSentric; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Salary and equity

Health, dental, and vision

Home office allowance

Annual learning stipend

Team retreats

Job summary

IDSentric is hiring for a backend-focused role to design, build and scale secure APIs and services. You will work with product and design to turn requirements into robust solutions, improve existing systems for speed and scalability, and mentor junior engineers while shaping engineering practices.

The role emphasizes reliability, security, and performance in a scalable platform, with a remote-first setup for candidates in the US or EU and a salary-and-equity package.

Qualifications

• Five+ years of backend development experience.
• Strong knowledge of Node.js, Python, or Go.
• Experience with distributed systems and microservice architectures.
• Understanding of security practices and cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with containerization and SQL or NoSQL databases.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs with reliability, security, and performance.
• Collaborate with product and design to translate feature needs into technical solutions.
• Improve systems for speed and scalability and troubleshoot complex backend issues.
• Review code and uphold quality standards across the team.
• Mentor junior engineers and share engineering practices.
• Assess technologies to improve the platform.

Skills

Backend development

Node.js

Python

Go

Distributed systems

Microservices

Security practices

Cloud platforms

Containerization

SQL/NoSQL databases

Tools

Docker

Job description

IDSentric is hiring for a backend-focused role to design, build and scale secure APIs and services. You will work with product and design to turn requirements into robust solutions, improve existing systems for speed and scalability, and mentor junior engineers while shaping engineering practices.

The role emphasizes reliability, security, and performance in a scalable platform, with a remote-first setup for candidates in the US or EU and a salary-and-equity package.