Nango (YC W23)

The open unified API for product integrations

Senior Backend Engineer

Backend EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 1-10H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

California + 6 moreAll locations: California, Florida, Illinois, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas

Posted

110 days ago

Salary

$120K - $180K / year

Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglishJava ScriptLinuxNode.js

Job Description

• Design and scale backend systems, APIs, and services for our open-source 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.

Job Requirements

  • 5+ years of backend engineering experience, with proven ability to scale high-traffic systems.
  • Deep experience with developer infrastructure, APIs, databases, and performance-critical systems.
  • Passion for developer tools, best practices, and building outstanding DX.
  • Comfortable with Node.js and modern backend stacks.
  • Strong communicator, proactive, and reliable in a remote-first environment.
  • Product mindset and developer empathy: you optimize for DX.
  • Pragmatic, positive, and low ego: you step up in incidents and unblock teammates.
  • Startup-ready: autonomous, ownership-driven, and able to navigate ambiguity.

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