Senior Backend Engineer - Streaming (Remote Brazil)

encora10; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work from Brazil

Job summary

encora10 is seeking a senior software engineer to build and operate backend modules for high-traffic streaming services. The role combines service development, cloud deployment, reliability improvements, production troubleshooting, and input into system design and technical planning.

You will design, implement, and maintain complex service modules, deploy across AWS regions, and collaborate with stakeholders to meet quality and operational standards while following Agile practices.

Qualifications

• Production experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.js for backend systems.
• Hands-on AWS infrastructure experience, especially ECS, with IaC practices.
• Experience building or operating distributed, high-traffic services.
• Strong knowledge of REST or WebSocket APIs and solid math fundamentals.
• Familiarity with Agile ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Independently design, implement, and maintain complex service modules with sound judgment.
• Deliver initiatives with stakeholders while meeting quality and operational standards.
• Deploy and operate services across multiple cloud regions using containers and related storage.
• Improve performance and resilience via caching, retries, and scaling policies; measure results.
• Investigate production incidents, identify root causes, and resolve issues with limited supervision.
• Contribute to architecture discussions and automate operational work.

Skills

JS/TS & Node.js

AWS ECS & IaC

Distributed systems

REST/WebSocket APIs

Agile methodologies

Tools

Terraform

Rust

Job description

encora10 is seeking a senior software engineer to build and operate backend modules for high-traffic streaming services. The role combines service development, cloud deployment, reliability improvements, production troubleshooting, and input into system design and technical planning.

You will design, implement, and maintain complex service modules, deploy across AWS regions, and collaborate with stakeholders to meet quality and operational standards while following Agile practices.