Senior Backend Engineer

The role

You will design and deliver scalable backend services, APIs, and event-driven systems. You will work on modernizing the codebase and improving reliability and scalability for a social discovery platform.

What you will do

• Design and deliver scalable, resilient and cost-efficient backend services, APIs and event-driven systems
• Contribute to modernizing the codebase
• Investigate complex production issues using logs, metrics and traces
• Contribute to major technical initiatives including event tracking and rebranding support
• Drive technical discussions and RFCs
• Partner with Product, Design and Mobile Engineering
• Mentor teammates through code reviews, pair programming and knowledge sharing
• Improve documentation, engineering standards and onboarding practices

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience
• Strong experience with Node.js and TypeScript
• Comfortable designing and maintaining APIs and event-driven systems
• Understand the challenges of building scalable, reliable and cost-efficient systems
• Strong debugging skills
• Apply solid engineering practices while remaining pragmatic about delivery
• Can challenge architectural decisions, explain trade-offs and contribute to technical discussions
• Product mindset
• Enjoy sharing knowledge and helping other engineers grow
• Comfortable working in an environment where priorities and technical challenges evolve

Nice to have

• Ideally in a startup or scale-up environment

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary range
• Equity in the company
• Highly flexible remote work policy
• 2 days at the office per month
• Regular team events
• Coverage of fees for external professional events and meetups
• Health insurance coverage for you and your family by Alan, fully paid by Yubo
• Additional parental leave
• Childcare support
• Team-building activities
• Wellness programs
• Sports classes and mental well-being initiatives

Before you apply

• Phone screen with a Talent Acquisition Manager
• Interview with Engineering Manager
• Technical test (home assignment, debrief & system design with Backend Engineers)
• Cultural fit assessments

About the company

Yubo is a real-time social discovery platform for young adults to meet new people for friendship, crushes and community. The team is international, multicultural and focused on building a safe digital space.