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$140,000–$220,000/yr
North America LATAM Europe

  • Design and scale backend systems, APIs, and services for an open-source platform.
  • Build world-class developer interfaces including APIs, SDKs, UIs, and a runtime that delights developers.
  • Collaborate directly with customers to solve integration challenges and shape the product roadmap.

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  • 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.

Global

  • Owning technical design and execution for major products, systems and engineering initiatives.
  • Designing scalable, reliable systems across backend, frontend, APIs, databases and infrastructure.
  • Building alongside the team through coding, prototyping, code reviews, debugging and production problem-solving.

BJAK builds technology products used by millions of users across Southeast Asia. The company is a distributed, fast-moving international team that values technical leadership and hands-on engineering.

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  • Lead complex projects with multiple stakeholders to deliver significant business impact.
  • Set direction for critical technical areas to stay ahead of rapid growth.
  • Design and develop new product functionality using TypeScript, React, and Node.js.

Vanta helps businesses earn and prove trust by enabling continuous security monitoring and verification. The company has a kind and talented team, growing rapidly with offices in SF, NYC, London, Dublin, Tel Aviv, and Sydney.

  • 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.

Global Unlimited PTO

  • Take full ownership of backend features from scoping through to production, keeping the team informed on progress, risks, and blockers.
  • Design and deliver backend services that handle real payment volume with a focus on reliability, performance, and correctness at scale.
  • Contribute to architecture discussions, advocate for clear service contracts, and write production-ready code with the next engineer in mind.

Primer is a unified infrastructure for global payments that provides finance and payments teams with visibility and control to reduce complexity and capture more revenue. Backed by Sofina, Peak XV Partners, and others, it is a remote-first company with a collaborative and mission-driven culture.

Poland UK Unlimited PTO

  • Design and ship moderate to complex backend features with minimal guidance, driving technical direction.
  • Advocate for product quality, security, and performance, defining backend standards for style, maintainability, and operational readiness.
  • Mentor associate and intermediate engineers, remove technical blockers, and use AI in production engineering to improve outcomes.

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

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  • Own architecture and rollout strategy for critical platform services from design through migration.
  • Set the technical bar for designing, publishing, and maintaining customer-facing APIs.
  • Act as a force multiplier by mentoring engineers and driving RFCs and decision records.

Vanta helps businesses earn and prove trust by automating security monitoring and compliance. The company has a kind and talented team, is growing rapidly, and is trusted by thousands of customers.

$184,000–$225,000/yr
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  • Design, build, and deploy robust backend services, data pipelines, and highly available APIs, owning the full path data takes through the platform.
  • Prototype quickly to test hypotheses, then harden validated prototypes for enterprise-scale adoption.
  • Set technical direction, mentor other engineers, and drive initiatives that span multiple services, pipelines, and teams.

Carbon Direct is a purpose-driven carbon management firm that helps organizations reduce, remove, and utilize their emissions using carbon science. They are a global team spread across 4 countries and 10+ U.S. states, with a culture that values diversity and remote-friendly work.

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  • Design, build, and maintain scalable full-stack systems with depth in backend services using TypeScript/Node.js and Python.
  • Contribute to architectural decisions, system design, and production readiness across AWS cloud infrastructure.
  • Mentor engineers, refine standards, and drive consistent delivery of well-scoped releases in a remote team.

Inizio Evoke is a healthcare company focused on making health more human through innovative solutions. They are an equal opportunity workplace emphasizing a fully remote, collaborative culture with outstanding company-paid benefits.

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  • Set technical strategy and direction for critical platform surface areas.
  • Design and evolve the APIs, primitives, and self-service golden paths.
  • Build secure, well-documented, scalable backend services and developer tooling.

Vanta helps businesses earn and prove trust by automating security monitoring and compliance. The company has a kind and talented team and is growing rapidly.

US

  • You'll contribute to infrastructure scaling to infinitely many apps, improving performance and reliability across backend services.
  • You'll support observability efforts, help implement SLOs, and build foundational services for next-generation cloud infrastructure.
  • You'll participate in triage and on-call processes to diagnose issues and implement changes to prevent recurrence.

Bubble is an AI visual development platform that empowers anyone to create software without code, from first-time entrepreneurs to enterprise teams. With over 6 million users in more than 100 countries and a mission to break down barriers to entrepreneurship, the company fosters a collaborative and inclusive culture focused on empowering builders worldwide.

Brazil

  • Develop and implement robust, scalable backend solutions including APIs and microservices.
  • Design and maintain relational and non-relational databases with integrations across Cloud and SAP.
  • Contribute to testing, deployment, and production support for high-quality technical solutions.

Our partner builds robust, scalable backend solutions using Cloud and SAP technologies. They offer a collaborative, remote-first culture focused on innovation and results.

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.

Global 4w PTO

  • Design and build scalable backend services using microservices and containerized solutions on AWS.
  • Participate in architectural decisions, data modeling, and API integration with third-party systems.
  • Mentor teammates, uphold coding standards, and continuously improve platform performance.

5Blue Software builds an AI-powered B2B SaaS platform that helps organizations worldwide automate security, risk, and compliance workflows. They are a fast-growing company with a supportive, collaborative international team.

$105,850–$113,150/yr
Canada

  • Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable backend services, databases, and APIs that support our products.
  • Lead technical direction, design discussions, and coordinate delivery across multiple systems.
  • Collaborate with Product, Operations, and other engineering teams to deliver reliable software.

Tucows Domains is the world's largest wholesale domain registrar, responsible for maintaining the health, neutrality, and openness of the domain name system (DNS). As part of Tucows, one of the world's largest Internet companies, they have over 1,000 employees from over 20 countries and embrace a people-first, remote-first culture.

Switzerland

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services, microservices, and RESTful APIs.
  • Deliver features from initial design through deployment, including testing, code reviews, and production releases.
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to architectural decisions.

Partner company develops modern software products with a focus on building scalable, high-performance backend solutions. Its fully remote engineering team values ownership, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.

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.

TeamSnap is a sports and communication platform dedicated to taking the work out of play in youth sports. They have been remote-first since 2009 and are named to Outside Magazine's 'Best Places to Work' and Built In's '100 Best Remote-First Places to Work.'

European Union

  • Design and build scalable, high-performance backend systems for digital health products using TypeScript and Node.js.
  • Develop RESTful APIs, integrate third-party services, and implement secure authentication with JWT and OAuth.
  • Collaborate across teams, contribute to architecture and CI/CD, and leverage AI-assisted development tools.

Our partner is a digital health technology company creating meaningful impact for patients worldwide. They offer a high-growth, international, and diverse environment where engineers have meaningful ownership.

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  • Design and build high-quality, scalable systems and shared libraries that multiple engineering teams depend on.
  • Partner deeply with product engineering teams to understand their needs and translate them into clean, well-documented APIs and services.
  • Drive technical decisions and influence architecture across team boundaries, with a focus on developer experience and platform scalability.

Vanta helps businesses earn and prove trust by automating security monitoring and compliance. The company has a kind and talented team with offices in SF, NYC, London, Dublin, Tel Aviv, and Sydney.

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  • Code daily while leading by example, shipping features with production-quality standards.
  • Develop scalable, fault-tolerant systems and APIs.
  • Collaborate with business leaders on roadmap and translate product strategy into execution.

Ayrshare offers a unified social media API to post, schedule, analyze, comment, and message across 13+ networks for developers. It is part of saas.group, a portfolio of 21+ brands with a fully remote team of 350+ colleagues across 50+ countries, emphasizing autonomy and lean processes.