Senior TypeScript Backend Engineer — Remote, Full Ownership

Stoke Studio LLC.; Dallas, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

MacBook Pro + Apple Studio Display

Remote-first with coworking access to國

Access to coworking spaces nationwide

Job summary

Stoke Studio LLC designs and ships full-stack TypeScript apps for clients—and for products we run ourselves. We’re a small, hands-on studio with direct ownership and impact.

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll design, build, and maintain TypeScript/Node.js services and APIs, collaborate with product/design, and optimize data models, security, and performance. You’ll work with PostgreSQL, GraphQL, Redis, and modern tooling in a remote-first, hybrid Dallas environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Deep TypeScript + Node.js experience building production backends.
• Strong SQL fundamentals with PostgreSQL in production.
• API design skills (GraphQL or REST) with pagination and error handling.
• Security practices and performance tuning.
• Testing habits and code quality focus.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain TypeScript/Node.js services and APIs (GraphQL).
• Collaborate with product/design to scope and deliver features end-to-end.
• Collaborate with frontend developers to integrate backend services with web and mobile applications.
• Model relational data and author performant PostgreSQL queries.
• Implement auth, permissions, rate limiting, and caching layers (e.g., Redis).
• Design and iterate on AI features using LLM APIs to build agents, workflows, and tools.
• Raise the bar on code quality with tests (unit/integration), observability, and code reviews.
• Improve developer experience by optimizing CI/CD (GitHub Actions) and monorepos (Turborepo/PNPM).
• Contribute to stack evolution as we explore new technologies.

Skills

TypeScript

Node.js

Backend development

APIs

Testing

Tools

PostgreSQL

GraphQL

REST

Redis

GitHub Actions

Turborepo

PNPM

Job description

Stoke Studio LLC designs and ships full-stack TypeScript apps for clients—and for products we run ourselves. We’re a small, hands-on studio with direct ownership and impact.

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll design, build, and maintain TypeScript/Node.js services and APIs, collaborate with product/design, and optimize data models, security, and performance. You’ll work with PostgreSQL, GraphQL, Redis, and modern tooling in a remote-first, hybrid Dallas environment.