Backend Engineer - senior hire

The role

You will own backend systems and infrastructure from design through deployment and scaling. You will build performant APIs and services using Node (TypeScript) on AWS.

What you will do

• Own backend systems and infrastructure end-to-end
• Build performant, reliable APIs and services
• Design and implement scalable architectures on AWS using Node (TypeScript)
• Make pragmatic tradeoffs between speed, reliability, scalability, and maintainability
• Ship production code frequently
• Help establish technical patterns and best practices
• Interface with product engineers and other stakeholders

Required qualifications

• 5+ years or equivalent depth of experience in professional software engineering, with significant backend focus
• Experience building and scaling production systems with Node and AWS
• Track record of delivering reliable, performant systems at scale
• Systems-oriented mindset
• Care deeply about performance, reliability, and scalability
• Motivated by ownership and accountability for system outcomes
• Think critically about architectural decisions and their long-term implications
• Thrive in ambiguity
• Self-starter who can work independently
• Comfortable in a high-intensity role
• Willingness to deliver on tight deadlines, often more than 50 hours a week
• Embrace AI generation of code and workflow improvements

Nice to have

• Proficient with TypeScript

About the company

Kovo is expanding access to financial tools for people historically excluded from the traditional credit system. The team is a small, high-performing group backed by Inspired Capital and Homebrew.