TypeScript Backend Developer

Quick Facts

• Role: Backend Engineer building REST and GraphQL APIs in TypeScript (Node.js)
• Focus areas: SQL data modeling, analytics pipelines, caching, queues/background jobs, third-party integrations, and AI-assisted development

Description

You will build and scale the backend for a high-traffic gaming companion platform, delivering REST and GraphQL endpoints for user profiles, subscriptions, and game data. The role includes designing PostgreSQL/MySQL schemas and migrations, running ClickHouse analytics pipelines, owning Redis-compatible cache layers, and operating scheduled jobs and queue consumers. You’ll integrate third-party APIs, optimize responses for Remix/Next.js performance and SEO, and work daily with AI coding agents while enforcing test/lint/build guardrails.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain REST and GraphQL APIs in TypeScript (Fastify, Hono), including authentication, rate limits, and typed contracts
• Design database schemas and queries for PostgreSQL/MySQL (Prisma, Drizzle), including live versioned data and migrations
• Run ClickHouse analytics pipelines for request logs, materialized views, and dashboard queries
• Own cache layers end to end (Redis-compatible stores, query caching, tag invalidation, HTTP cache headers, CDN purges)
• Build scheduled jobs and queue consumers (NATS) for game data sync, leaderboards, Meilisearch indexing, sitemaps, Stripe webhooks/payouts, and data deletion requests
• Integrate third-party APIs (Stripe, Discord, Blizzard, IGDB, Steam, YouTube) with retries, backoff, and rate limiting
• Process game images into map tiles, sprite sheets, and responsive sizes
• Keep responses lean for Remix and Next.js pages to improve TTFB, PageSpeed, and SEO
• Direct and review outputs from AI coding agents and maintain safety guardrails for merging
• Deploy using Docker, GitHub Actions, and Kubernetes
• Support high-traffic game launches, including outside regular hours when needed

Requirements

• 3+ years of backend development with TypeScript on Node.js
• Strong TypeScript type system fundamentals (generics, inference, discriminated unions, narrowing)
• Zod (or similar) schema validation experience
• Strong SQL experience on PostgreSQL and/or MySQL, including indexing, query plans, migrations on live data, and transactions/locking
• Production-volume analytical database experience (ClickHouse preferred)
• Caching design experience (Redis-compatible stores, invalidation, HTTP cache headers, CDN behavior)
• REST/GraphQL API experience, including authentication and rate limiting
• Background job and message queue experience, including handling duplicate/missed jobs
• High-volume, user-facing production application experience
• Experience taking products from idea to production
• Proficiency with agentic AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor) with daily hands-on use and good judgment about when to verify changes
• Ability to read and modify React when features reach the frontend
• Comfort working in a fast-paced startup environment with changing priorities
• Flexible working hours for evening/weekend game launch coverage
• Passion for gaming
• Upper-intermediate English

Benefits

• Mentorship, TechTalks, and personalized growth roadmaps
• Competitive USD-based compensation with budgets for education, fitness, and team activities
• Opportunity to work on exciting projects for Fortune 500 enterprises and leading product brands
• Flextime with remote and office options