Senior Backend Engineer

Aura, a revolutionary large-scale mobile platform, is looking for an outstanding and passionate Senior Backend Engineer to join a rapidly growing team. We work in a fast-paced environment, building a content discovery platform used by millions of users. The service enables unique content discovery experiences allowing users to access and find their favorite content in a simple and accessible way. Our team uses the most up-to-date technologies to build a scalable and resilient product that is growing at a high pace. This is a great opportunity for those looking to make a huge impact on a technically challenging product with a huge audience. We value team players with technical excellence and a sense of ownership who know how to choose the right tool for the right task.

Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions. Write clean, highly scalable, and top-quality code that sets industry standards. Work closely with the Product, Architects, DevOps, and BI. Continuously learn and stay up to date with emerging trends and technologies in the industry. Drive innovation by researching and implementing new technologies and best practices within the development team.

4+ years of experience building the server-side of enterprise-level systems (high-performance, highly available, and scalable systems) preferably in Nodejs. Hands-on experience with SQL & NoSQL databases such as Postgres/MySQL, Aerospike, Mongo, DynamoDB, Redis. Good understanding of modern Stream Processing and Event Sourcing paradigms. Experience in designing and implementation of highly scalable & distributed web applications. Knowledge & experience with public cloud providers like AWS, Azure, Google. Experience working with AI agents and agentic coding concepts. You might also have Experience with microservices and Kubernetes. Experience with workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow or Temporal for managing complex data pipelines. Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code development such as Pulumi or Terraform. Deep knowledge of NodeJS. Previous ad-tech experience. This range reflects the anticipated base salary for this position. Beyond base salary, this role may be eligible for equity awards and participation in our company incentive plans (such as annual discretionary bonuses or sales commissions). The final offer amount will depend on several factors, including geographic location and the candidate’s relevant experience, professional background, and skill set.

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