Senior Backend Engineer

Senior Backend Engineer Apply for the Senior Backend Engineer role at Remote. About Remote Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. All of our positions are fully remote. What This Job Can Offer You Complex and meaningful challenges – solving them will enable people and businesses to live and operate in any country of the world. Opportunity to have a significant impact on the business – we are still very early in our journey and each change you make today is amplified by the company's growth. A lot of freedom to organize your work and life – you are not bound to daily standups, recurring meetings, or other ceremonies. Competitive salary, stock options, unlimited PTO and a set of perks and benefits. A supportive and kind work environment where we would like you to challenge the dogmas and pursue innovation. Strong team of experienced engineers who will support and facilitate your professional growth. Must have (professional experience) Significant experience as a Senior Backend Engineer, including building, shipping, and maintaining complex software projects. Postgres (or similar) CI/CD (GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins or similar) Nice to have Experience with Functional Programming languages such as Elixir, Erlang, Scala, Clojure, Haskell, etc. Kubernetes Docker AWS Next.js React/Vue/Angular Key Responsibilities Lead the development of major team‑scoped projects, participate in cross‑team initiatives. Actively participate in product work in the team: provide feedback, suggest solutions, and use technical insights and expertise to suggest product improvements. Maintain good understanding of the team’s domain, both from product and engineering sides. Provide feedback on code reviews. Contribute to the shared codebase. Debug and solve technical and business issues. Participate in non‑team activities, such as support rotations, hiring process, RFC discussions, etc. Mentor and provide guidance to other engineers. Investigate, propose and participate in implementation of improvements to our platform. Design and implement APIs with performance, scalability, and maintainability in mind. Practicals Team: Engineering Location: Anywhere in the World Start date: As soon as possible Application process Interview with our Recruiter Interview with an Engineering Leader (async) Code exercise and review Interview with members of the engineering team Bar Raiser interview Executive interview Offer + Prior employment verification check Salary The annual salary range for this full‑time position is $51,850—$116,650 USD. The actual base pay will depend on location, skills, experience, and market demands. Benefits Work from anywhere Flexible paid time off Flexible working hours (we are async) 16 weeks paid parental leave Mental health support services Stock options Learning budget Home office budget & IT equipment Budget for local in‑person social events or co‑working spaces How You’ll Plan Your Day (and Life) We work asynchronously at Remote, which means you can plan your schedule around your life, not around meetings. You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive; when in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life‑work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs. How To Apply Please fill out the form below and upload your CV in PDF format. We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote. If you don’t have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead. We encourage applicants from all ethnic groups, genders, sexualities, ages, abilities, and disability status to apply. We prioritize a sense of belonging and welcome those who need accommodation to request one. We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire. As an equal employment opportunity employer, our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences, and this data helps us stay accountable. Seniority level Mid‑Senior level Employment type Full‑time Job function Engineering and Information Technology Industries Human Resources Services #J-18808-Ljbffr