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Senior Backend Engineer

Overview
Skills
  • TypeScript TypeScript ꞏ 5y
  • JavaScript JavaScript ꞏ 5y
  • Kafka Kafka
  • Angular Angular
  • PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB MongoDB
  • Redis Redis
  • Agile Agile
  • Microservices Microservices
  • Design Patterns
  • CI/CD CI/CD
  • Algorithms
  • Data structures
  • SaaS
  • Software engineering
  • AI based development
  • Cursor
GrowthSpace supports Global customers like Intel, Applied Materials, MSD, Siemens, and Johnson & Johnson, and tech unicorns like GainSight, Check Point, Taboola, as well as many other firms in over 50 countries & languages. GrowthSpace has created an innovative platform in the employee skill precision development space that's personalized, data-driven, AI powered, and connected to business KPIs — with a variety of one-on-one and group development options tailored to each individual using data.

Position Summary:

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer who will join our fast-growing company to develop, mature, and scale our product to the next level.

The Senior Backend Engineer will be responsible for the full product development lifecycle, from ideation and architecture through implementation, testing, deployment, and monitoring, all while leveraging AI tools. She/he will work with the team to solve problems and overcome obstacles that are unique to scale-up organizations and systems.

We are looking for a proactive, technologically fluent, seasoned and passionate developer with a can-do approach and strong interpersonal skills who thrives in a fast-paced work environment, and is ambitious, persistent, and highly motivated to ship things to production and impact on engineering domain growth.

As a Senior Backend Developer, you will be responsible for:

  • Research and design new product components and be responsible for the product health at production
  • Providing robust, scalable, and reliable infrastructure, to meet our challenging customer needs.
  • Conduct POCs, research new technologies and paradigms that may be adopted by the organization
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members.
  • Scale and make the R&D group the best professional team.
  • Proactively look for ways to make the system better.
  • Improve efficiency across development, systems, and processes through an ongoing optimization and adoption of AI agents.

All within a dynamic, Agile-driven development, testing, and CI/CD release cycle — in a fast-growing company.

Qualifications:

  • Team-oriented, who value empathetic communication and collaboration.
  • Lots of passion for “Get it Done”.
  • Looking at the “bigger picture” from both the technical and business perspectives.
  • Highly independent, passionate, self-motivated, and an autodidact.
  • Guide and mentor developers, groups, or any external stakeholders.

English - Professional Level (corresponding to B2 at least)

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of experience in Backend development
  • Excellent control of TypeScript (and JavaScript)
  • Experience with microservices development
  • Experience with development of SaaS products
  • Experience with Postgres, MongoDB, Kafka, Redis
  • Strong fundamental software engineering skills (code practices, design patterns, algorithms, data structures)
  • Experienced in working with Agile development methodologies
  • Experience with CI/CD methodology
  • Excellent problem-solving skills
  • Significant advantage: structured and methodical approach with AI based development (Cursor)
  • Advantage: CS formal education
  • Advantage: Experience with Angular 16+ (or other modern frontend frameworks)
Growth Space