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# Senior Backend Engineer

- **Company:** Grid, LLC
- **Location:** Oakland, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Unit Testing, Software Quality, Relational Databases, Fault Tolerance, PostgreSQL, Object-Relational Mapping, RabbitMQ, Redis, Requirements Management, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Google Cloud, Backend, Git, Heroku, Integration Tests, Information Technology, NestJS, Restful APIs, Data Pipelines, Programming Languages, Microservices
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-backend-engineer-oakland-ca--fd35543f-dc7e-48bc-8e5a-480609217108

## About the Role

Startup, REST (Representational State Transfer), Application Programming Interface (API), Microservices, Integration Testing, Unit Test, Requirements Management, Data Modeling, Systems Maintenance, Mentoring, * 7+ years of full-time experience as a Software Engineer

 * BS in Computer Science or commensurate experience
 * Proficient in TypeScript and JavaScript programming languages
 * Strong experience with relational databases including schema and query design, implementation, optimization, and ORM usage
 * Deep understanding of Node.js semantics (event loops, streams, events, etc)
 * Proven track record for integrating with external APIs
 * Full confidence in building a fault-tolerant and high-performant microservice
 * Experience with background job processing, queues, etc
 * History of scaling and optimizing performance of applications to support rapid growth, * NestJS
 * TypeScript
 * PostgreSQL
 * TypeORM
 * RabbitMQ
 * Redis
 * Heroku
 * Git

Bonus

 * Software Engineering experience in Finance or FinTech.
 * Experience on the Google Cloud Platform

## Description

* Build robust, fault-tolerant integrations with 3rd party APIs that have little to no or poor documentation.
 * Create sophisticated background processing pipelines that are also fault-tolerant.
 * Develop mature APIs and microservices that adhere to RESTful principles that are used by paying clients in production.
 * Write strong unit and integration tests that ensure the code quality of your work.
 * Investigate client issues and service disruptions that require a deep dive.
 * Translate high-level requirements into a system design update and new data model while collaborating with clients and team members through requirements gathering and discovery.
 * Evaluate the pros and cons of high level architectural choices as well as lower level design decisions required within an existing application.
 * Work autonomously and make system design decisions that are resistant to change leveraging your experience.
 * Deeply invested in your work and client happiness.
 * Mentor junior to mid level engineers while also holding them accountable.