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US Unlimited PTO

  • Architect and evolve backend APIs, services, event-driven workflows, and data models supporting millions of users.
  • Lead ambiguous technical initiatives from discovery through production, improving reliability and performance.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams and mentor engineers to raise the quality bar across the organization.

Node.js TypeScript Elixir Ruby SQL

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Canada

  • Define and drive the technical direction of backend systems, leading architecture discussions and translating product requirements into scalable solutions.
  • Build, maintain, and improve backend platforms that power content discovery, personalization, reading, and listening experiences.
  • Drive cross-functional technical execution and promote a culture of technical excellence and collaboration.

Everand is a digital content platform that enables discovery and engagement with ebooks, audiobooks, and more. The company has a global audience and fosters a collaborative remote-first culture.

Global

  • Design and build high-performance backend services and APIs for early-stage startups.
  • Optimize databases, caching layers, and event-driven architectures.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align backend strategy with business goals.

SignalFire is a venture capital firm that partners with early-stage startups shaping the future of technology. Our portfolio spans 200+ companies across AI, cybersecurity, healthtech, and fintech.

US Unlimited PTO 12w maternity 12w paternity

  • Design, build, and operate scalable backend systems powering discovery experiences.
  • Own and develop key backend components for location-based and search features.
  • Collaborate with engineering, product, and design teams to deliver user-focused solutions.

A fast-growing technology company focused on location-based discovery and search experiences. The company fosters a collaborative culture centered on innovation, empathy, and impact.

$146,000–$182,500/yr
Canada 4w PTO

  • Design, build, and maintain backend APIs and services that power our AI workflow platform at scale.
  • Own complex projects end-to-end from architecture through production with full ownership and quick iteration.
  • Collaborate with a remote-first team to ship multiple times per day, using AI coding tools to accelerate development.

We're building an AI-native platform that helps marketing and creative teams at top e-commerce brands understand which ads are working and ship more winning creative across major ad platforms. We're a Series B remote-first team, currently under 100 headcount, growing 2.5x year over year, led by second-time founders.

  • Design, build, and maintain backend systems with a focus on scalability and performance.
  • Develop high-performance APIs, microservices, and cloud-based architectures.
  • Collaborate with founders to define technical strategy and align it with business goals.

SignalFire is a venture capital firm that partners with top early-stage startups shaping the future of technology. With a portfolio of over 200 innovative companies across AI, cybersecurity, healthtech, fintech, developer tools, and enterprise SaaS, they connect exceptional engineers with exclusive early-stage opportunities.

$90,000–$120,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Own backend features end-to-end from discovery to rollout.
  • Design and evolve distributed systems with performance and scalability.
  • Build and maintain APIs and data pipelines for analytics and machine learning.

Traackr is a global SaaS company providing a data-driven influencer marketing platform. The company is remote-first with offices in multiple countries and a culture based on trust, diversity, value, ownership, and mutual success.

Latin America

  • Design, build, and maintain high-performance backend systems using Elixir and Phoenix.
  • Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver scalable services.
  • Ensure code quality through testing and code reviews, and optimize performance.

We are a leading software consultancy designing innovative technology that enhances users' lives. With a presence across the US and Central/South America, we are expanding our dynamic and diverse community.

North America

  • Work with product, UX, and fellow developers to gain a deep understanding of customer problems and lead development of features to solve those problems.
  • Hold a high bar of personal technical excellence, demonstrated through high quality, thoroughly tested, and exemplary code contributions and reviews.
  • Contribute to our culture of "you build it, you own it" by identifying tech debt and opportunities to improve technical architecture.

OpsLevel is the leading internal developer portal designed to help engineering teams build, ship, and maintain software better. They are a fully-remote team of individuals who care deeply about developer experience, with members across North America and a strong emphasis on culture and values.

UK Americas Europe

  • Contribute to architectural decisions and collaborate across teams to identify and implement product improvements.
  • Develop and optimize a real-time backend service that enables multiple users to edit graph data and re-train AI models through their input.
  • Create libraries and build APIs in our Node.js backend to interact with the various ML components of the system.

Mimica is an AI-powered task mining company that helps enterprises optimize workflows by analyzing employee actions and recommending automation technologies. As an early-stage, international startup, Mimica values flexibility, collaboration, and a shared responsibility for production code.

$124,800–$183,400/yr
US

  • Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to build features and improve the platform.
  • Extend our API and back-end systems, interfacing directly with our PostgreSQL cluster.
  • Solve challenges in architecture, security, performance, and scalability while mentoring other engineers.

GOAT Group operates leading platforms for authentic sneakers, apparel and accessories. With a global community of over 60 million members across 170 countries, the company is backed by top venture capital firms.

$178,500–$178,500/yr
Global

  • Lead complex backend projects using Perl, Go, and Node.js, writing pragmatic and performant code.
  • Collaborate remotely to solve product issues impacting the all-in-one privacy solution.
  • Mentor other engineers to support their career growth and team development.

DuckDuckGo is an online protection company on a mission to raise the standard of trust online. Founded in 2008, with over 300 team members, it has been profitable since 2014 and generates over $100 million USD in annual revenue, fostering a culture of trust, inclusivity, and empowered project management.

$215,000–$245,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable, reliable, and efficient backend services.
  • Build new product capabilities while enhancing existing systems and improving platform performance.
  • Solve complex engineering challenges related to scalability, reliability, distributed systems, and backend architecture.

This company provides a modern engineering operations platform used by organizations worldwide. It is a remote-first organization with a collaborative culture focused on ownership, growth, and engineering excellence.

India Unlimited PTO

  • Design, build, and evolve backend services in Go for the Data Insights Platform and Siphon, focusing on scalable ingestion, transport, replication, storage, and querying.
  • Drive production readiness and deployment of data platform components across GitLab environments, ensuring rollout safety and operational maturity.
  • Collaborate with Infrastructure, Data, and peer Engineering teams on technical design, code review, and delivery to keep the platform reliable, secure, and usable.

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps, helping organizations improve developer productivity and accelerate digital transformation. Trusted by over 50 million users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100, GitLab fosters a high-performance culture driven by values and continuous knowledge exchange.

US

  • Develop new features across our Node.js/TypeScript backend services
  • Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement innovative solutions

Makai uses AI and data to solve real-world operational and strategic challenges. As a small team, they value ownership, flexibility, and collaboration.

US

  • Lead design and implementation of backend services for large-scale, data-rich healthcare applications.
  • Drive architecture decisions for integrations with third-party data sources and APIs.
  • Mentor engineers and elevate engineering standards through design reviews and operational excellence.

Omada Health is reverse engineering healthcare delivery in America, focusing on chronic conditions like obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. They are a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: OMDA) that has served over two million members and employ a virtual-first model with human-led care teams.

$176,000–$253,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO

  • Partner with product and clinical teams to turn vision into shipped product, owning architecture end to end for new member- and care team-facing experiences.
  • Apply broad technical judgment across languages and systems, using modern engineering and AI-assisted tools to quickly evaluate tradeoffs and guide delivery.
  • Set the quality bar with clean, well-tested, scalable code and mentor other engineers to remove ambiguity and ship fast.

Omada Health is reverse engineering the way healthcare is delivered in America, focusing on chronic conditions between doctor visits. They have served over two million members across 2000+ employers and health plans and are a certified Great Place to Work.

India

  • Develop and maintain backend APIs and business logic using Node.js, TypeScript, and Express.
  • Build scalable solutions for transactional systems and API integrations.
  • Support frontend experiences with React Native and Next.js when needed.

The company builds scalable digital products for financial and rewards-based experiences. It operates as a remote-first startup with a global team and a culture focused on innovation, ownership, and professional growth.

$120,000–$160,000/yr
US

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable web applications, APIs, and backend services for client engagements.
  • Work across a variety of languages and frameworks, including Ruby on Rails, React, Node.js, Rust, Python, Java, and Go.
  • Architect pragmatic solutions, lead client demos, and contribute to internal best practices and thought leadership.

NextLink Labs is a fast-growing technology firm helping companies build, scale, and secure software applications. As a remote-first company with team members across the country, they maintain a collaborative and inclusive work environment.

Global Unlimited PTO

  • Design, build and maintain backend services and APIs.
  • Develop data models and work with databases.
  • Improve application performance, security and reliability.

CelebriOS is a technology company that builds software products. They are an equal-opportunity employer seeking talented engineers.

US Unlimited PTO

  • Develop full-stack solutions for brand and media workflows, including asset libraries and editor integrations.
  • Design and build APIs and backend services for asset storage, metadata, and search.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver polished user experiences and own features from concept to production.

The company builds a platform for brand and media workflow management, helping creative teams manage digital assets. It is a remote-first organization with a culture emphasizing ownership, craftsmanship, and continuous improvement.