Backend TypeScript Engineer - Core Services
Backend TypeScript Engineer - Core Services
Backend TypeScript Engineer - Core Services
Wander
Wander is seeking a Backend TypeScript Engineer to design and scale APIs and services for their innovative short-term rental platform. The role involves working with a remote-first team to enhance guest experiences through technology, focusing on performance, observability, and integration of advanced capabilities.
Qualification
- 3+ years building production systems with Node.js and TypeScript.
- Strong grasp of RESTful API design principles; familiarity with gRPC or GraphQL.
- Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL and practical ORM experience (Prisma preferred).
- Real-world experience integrating LLM APIs and understanding of prompt engineering.
- Proficiency with Redis and understanding of caching strategies.
- Comfort deploying containerized services (Docker/Kubernetes).
- Experience working in a monorepo (Yarn, Turbo, SWC) and CI/CD pipelines.
- Excellent problem-solving abilities and strong written communication.
Responsibility
- Design, implement, and optimize high-performance RESTful APIs with Node.js and TypeScript.
- Model complex domain logic and data flows using Prisma and PostgreSQL.
- Profile and tune database queries; own performance SLAs across services.
- Introduce event-driven patterns with Redis Streams or Kafka.
- Integrate LLM-powered capabilities to improve pricing, operations, and customer support.
- Develop robust observability: structured logging, distributed tracing, and alerting.
- Participate in code reviews and help level up peers.
- Collaborate cross-functionally on system design and product discovery.
