Senior Backend Engineer

This is a remote position. The Role We're seeking a Senior Backend Engineer who thrives in the chaos and excitement of a fast-moving startup environment. You'll join our scrappy team to help scale our GraphQL API platform serving dealerships and financial institutions across North America. This role requires someone comfortable with ambiguity, rapid iteration, and wearing multiple hats. Core Responsibilities Platform Development & Architecture Design and implement scalable GraphQL APIs using PostGraphile and PostgreSQL Develop and optimize complex SQL queries and database schemas with proper indexing strategies Build and maintain background job processing systems Architect plugin-based resolver systems for domain-specific business logic Implement robust error handling and retry mechanisms Integration Engineering Build and maintain an extensive library of integrations Develop CRM integrations with proper data synchronization strategies Create webhook handlers for real-time event processing from external systems Design ETL pipelines Infrastructure & DevOps Deploy and manage containerized applications on AWS ECS using Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK) Implement CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and deployment strategies Monitor and optimize application performance using distributed tracing and logging Code Quality & Testing Write comprehensive unit and integration tests using Jest Implement type-safe code using TypeScript with auto-generated types from GraphQL sc