Staff Backend Engineer, Developer Infrastructure (Remote)

Nango; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Nango is hiring Senior and Staff Backend Engineers to scale our backend systems, APIs, and developer tools. This remote-first role spans North America, LATAM, and Europe, focusing on open-source-style infrastructure, performance, and DX.

You will own critical systems end-to-end, collaborate with customers, and help shape the product roadmap in a fast-growing, YC-backed environment. Join a small, ambitious team building an API-first platform for developers and AI apps, with strong emphasis on

Qualifications

• 5+ years (senior) or 10+ years (staff) of backend engineering experience.
• Deep experience with developer infrastructure, APIs, databases, and performance-critical systems.
• Strong focus on DX and developer tools.
• Comfortable with Node.js and modern backend stacks.
• Remote-first communicator, reliable and proactive.
• Product mindset and developer empathy, optimizing DX.
• Startup-ready with ownership and ambiguity navigation.
• Based in North America, LATAM or Europe.

Responsibilities

• Design and scale backend systems, APIs, and services for our platform.
• Build world-class developer interfaces: APIs, SDKs, UIs, and a runtime that delights developers.
• Collaborate directly with customers to solve integration challenges.
• Optimize performance, scalability, and reliability across backend services.
• Shape the roadmap and company strategy with high ownership of key decisions.
• Engage with the open-source community, owning and maintaining our repo.

Skills

Backend engineering

APIs

Databases

DX

Node.js

Remote collaboration

Ownership

Startup mindset

Job description

Nango is hiring Senior and Staff Backend Engineers to scale our backend systems, APIs, and developer tools. This remote-first role spans North America, LATAM, and Europe, focusing on open-source-style infrastructure, performance, and DX.

You will own critical systems end-to-end, collaborate with customers, and help shape the product roadmap in a fast-growing, YC-backed environment. Join a small, ambitious team building an API-first platform for developers and AI apps, with strong emphasis on