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Pocket

Backend Engineer

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110000 –160000 USD / yearUSARemote
Pocket

Backend Engineer

New
110000 –160000 USD / yearUSARemotenode.jstypescriptexpress.jsnest.jspostgresqlredisawswebsockets

Build and scale backend systems powering Pocket's AI experience, including APIs and cloud services.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of backend experience with Node.js and TypeScript.
  • Strong understanding of PostgreSQL (schema design, indexing, query optimization).
  • Experience with Redis (caching, queues).
  • Hands-on AWS experience (EC2, RDS, Lambda, ECS, S3).
  • API design fluency: REST, real-time (WebSockets/SSE).
  • Strong fundamentals in scalability, concurrency, and distributed systems.
  • Comfort with Docker, Git workflows, and CI/CD automation.
  • Familiarity with security and performance best practices.

Nice to have

  • Experience with GraphQL or gRPC.
  • Exposure to event-driven architectures or microservices.
  • Familiarity with observability tools (OpenTelemetry, CloudWatch, Sentry).
  • Experience building for high-traffic consumer apps.

Conditions

  • Work directly with us and learn fast
  • Direct impact on how the company operates day to day
  • High-trust, high-responsibility environment
  • Competitive compensation

Other

  • You’ll build and scale the systems that power Pocket’s AI experience, from real-time transcription pipelines to cloud sync and intelligent APIs.
  • You’ll work closely with our mobile and AI teams to make Pocket faster, more reliable, and infinitely scalable. This isn’t a founding role, but it’s core to the product. You’ll join a small, high-output team that ships at the level of world-class consumer tech companies.
  • Design and build RESTful APIs in Node.js and TypeScript (Express.js or Nest.js).
  • Architect and maintain PostgreSQL databases; optimize schema design and queries.
  • Implement background jobs and queues using Redis for ingestion, summarization, and notifications.
  • Build and maintain caching layers (Redis, CDN, HTTP cache) for low-latency responses.
  • Implement authentication, authorization, and data privacy best practices.
  • Add real-time capabilities (WebSockets, Server-Sent Events) for live sync and streaming.
  • Build observability into every service: logging, metrics, and tracing by default.
  • Deploy and manage backend services on AWS (EC2, ECS, RDS, S3, Lambda).
  • Design clean, maintainable service architectures with clear ownership boundaries.
  • Plan and execute safe database migrations and schema evolutions.
  • Ensure consistency and reliability across distributed systems.
  • Optimize performance across I/O, CPU, and memory bottlenecks.
  • Implement CI/CD pipelines and release automation (GitHub Actions, Docker).
  • Contribute to infrastructure reliability: scaling, monitoring, and cost efficiency.
  • Write unit, integration, and contract tests with clear coverage thresholds.
  • Enforce linting, type safety, and static analysis as part of CI.
  • Conduct security reviews and dependency audits; follow least-privilege design.
  • Document services, endpoints, and decision trade-offs clearly.
  • Backend: Node.js, TypeScript (Express/Nest.js), PostgreSQL, Redis
  • Cloud: AWS (EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, ECS, CloudWatch)
  • Infra: Docker, GitHub Actions, CI/CD
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