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# Backend Engineer - senior hire

- **Company:** KOVO, LLC
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $250,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Software Quality, Node.Js, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Reliability of Systems, Backend, Agentic-AI, Production Code, Software Coding
- **Published:** October 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.builtincolorado.com/job/backend-engineer-senior-hire/11530606?handler=ApplyRedirect

## About the Role

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 and are comfortable making technical decisions with incomplete information
 * Self-starter who can work independently and drive projects to completion

Focused on shipping high-quality systems fast - however it gets done

 * Comfortable in a high-intensity role and seeking an ambitious workload
 * Strong sense of ownership and willingness to deliver on tight deadlines. This takes many of our engineers more than 50 hours a week
 * Believe software engineering is evolving from writing code to orchestrating AI agents and are excited by this because it force-multiplies your output and impact
 * Embrace AI generation of code and workflow improvements while maintaining high quality
 * Hate AI slop and care about code quality and system reliability

Relevant experience

 * 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
 * Proficient with TypeScript (bonus)
 * Track record of delivering reliable, performant systems at scale

## Description

* Some systems and processes are still being built
 * The pace of execution and career growth is intense (not optimized for work-life balance)

About the role

Engineering at Kovo is evolving quickly. You will own problems end-to-end, deliver a lot of high-quality code, dig into data, make product decisions, and iterate quickly in production.

Our core stack is Node (TypeScript) on AWS and React (NextJS) on Vercel.

What you'll do

 * Own backend systems and infrastructure end-to-end, from design through deployment and scaling
 * Build performant, reliable APIs and services that power our financial products
 * Design and implement scalable architectures on AWS using Node (TypeScript)
 * Make pragmatic tradeoffs between speed, reliability, scalability, and maintainability
 * Ship production code frequently while maintaining high quality standards
 * Help establish technical patterns and best practices for the engineering team
 * Interface effectively with product engineers and other stakeholders, Lead client advisory engagements for nonprofit organizations, providing financial insights and operational guidance while managing multiple client teams and relationships. Mentor staff and drive change using technology and best practices.
Top Skills: Bill.ComIntaactNetSuiteQuickbooks Online
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Manager, Financial Reporting - Nonprofit Clients

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Remote or Hybrid
United States
97K-145K Annually
Mid level
97K-145K Annually
Mid level
Cloud * Fintech * Software * Business Intelligence * Consulting * Financial Services
Manage financial reporting for nonprofit clients, assisting with budgeting, forecasting, and improving processes. Coach staff and enhance technology integration.
Top Skills: Quickbooks OnlineSage Intacct
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