Software Backend Engineer

Raglic; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Raglic is seeking a backend engineer to design, build, and maintain production APIs using Node.js and TypeScript. You will own features end-to-end and work on scalable systems that integrate with external platforms.

Focus areas include MongoDB data modeling, resilient architectures for third-party integrations, message queues, and webhooks, with emphasis on reliability and clear written communication.

Qualifications

• Production API design and deployment experience with Node.js/TypeScript.
• Strong database design with MongoDB; know when to denormalize.
• Ability to design for failure and resilient systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain backend APIs at production scale.
• Own features from conception to deployment and support.
• Integrate third-party services and handle failures and timeouts.
• Create integrations with external platforms and event-driven components.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

Independent work

Written communication

Event-driven patterns

APIs

Tools

MongoDB

Message queues

Webhooks

CRM integrations

Job description

Batch: 2024/2025/2026/2027.

About the role:

• You will design, build and maintain backend systems that serve production traffic at scale
• Your work centers on creating reliable APIs using Node.js and TypeScript that handle real-world load and edge cases
• You'll architect solutions that integrate third-party services while gracefully handling failures, timeouts and unavailability
• You are expected to own features from conception through deployment and support

What you'll work on:

• Building and shipping production-grade APIs with Node.js and TypeScript
• Working with MongoDB or equivalent databases and making sound decisions about data structure and denormalization
• Designing systems that account for failure modes: third-party API latency, downtime and network issues
• Creating integrations with external platforms such as CRMs, help desks and messaging services
• Implementing event-driven architectures, message queues and webhook systems where needed

What we're looking for:

• Proven track record of shipping production APIs using Node.js and TypeScript
• Strong grasp of database design with MongoDB or similar technologies, including when to denormalize data
• Ability to think through failure scenarios and build resilient systems
• Comfort working independently with strong written communication skills
• Experience with queues, webhooks or event-driven patterns is a plus
• Background building integrations with CRMs, help desks or messaging platforms is valuable but not required