Senior Software Engineer

Pixoate; Northern (KY); Remote; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pixoate is building an AI-powered platform for photo, PDF, and document editing. Senior Software Engineer role involves designing, building, and scaling backend services and high-performance web apps with Next.js/React.

You will work on secure REST APIs, MongoDB models, and AI/image-processing pipelines in a fully remote setup. Applicants must be based in the United States, the United Kingdom, or Australia.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Strong JavaScript and TypeScript skills.
• Excellent Node.js and Express knowledge.
• Advanced React and Next.js experience.
• MongoDB database design.
• REST API development.
• Git and collaborative workflows.
• Docker and Linux fundamentals.
• Strong debugging skills.
• Understanding of scalable system architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain scalable backend services.
• Develop high-performance web applications with Next.js and React.
• Build secure REST APIs for frontend and third-party integrations.
• Design scalable MongoDB data models.
• Optimize application performance and reliability.
• Integrate AI models and image-processing pipelines.
• Collaborate with product, design and engineering.
• Review code, mentor developers and uphold engineering standards.
• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code.
• Troubleshoot production issues and improve system stability.
• Take part in architecture discussions and technical planning.

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

Node.js

Express

React

Next.js

MongoDB

REST APIs

Git

Docker

Linux

BullMQ

Redis

Code quality

Tools

BullMQ

Redis

Nginx

AWS

PM2

Job description

Pixoate is building one of the fastest-growing AI-powered creative platforms. Our mission is to make professional photo, PDF and document editing accessible through AI. Every day, users around the world rely on us to remove backgrounds, restore photos, upscale images, edit PDFs and much more.

As a Senior Software Engineer you'll help design, build and scale products that serve thousands of users, working with a modern stack and real AI.

Tech stack Backend: Node.js, Express, TypeScript, REST APIs, JWT, Redis, BullMQ. Frontend: Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, TypeScript. Data: MongoDB, Redis. Infra: Docker, Linux, Nginx, GitHub Actions, PM2, Fastly CDN, Cloudflare, AWS/Hetzner. AI & media: image processing, OCR, background removal, upscaling, generative-AI integration.

We're looking for engineers who enjoy solving difficult technical problems, writing clean code and taking ownership. You should be comfortable working independently while collaborating with a small, fast-moving team.

Hiring process: Application review Technical assessment Technical interview Founder discussion Offer.

This is a fully remote role. Applicants must be based in the United States, the United Kingdom, or Australia.

What you will do

• Design, build and maintain scalable backend services
• Develop high-performance web applications with Next.js and React
• Build secure REST APIs for the frontend and third-party integrations
• Design scalable MongoDB data models
• Optimize application performance and reliability
• Integrate AI models and image-processing pipelines
• Collaborate closely with product, design and engineering
• Review code, mentor developers and uphold engineering standards
• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code
• Troubleshoot production issues and improve system stability
• Take part in architecture discussions and technical planning

What we are looking for

• 5+ years of software development experience
• Strong JavaScript and TypeScript skills
• Excellent Node.js and Express knowledge
• Advanced React and Next.js experience
• MongoDB database design
• REST API development
• Git and collaborative workflows
• Docker and Linux fundamentals
• Strong debugging skills
• Understanding of scalable system architecture

Nice to have

• AI/LLM integration
• Microservices architecture
• Redis and queue systems (BullMQ)
• CDN optimization
• Image processing
• CI/CD pipelines
• Performance optimization
• SaaS product experience