The Role:
We're looking for a mid-to-senior backend developer to join a fast-moving sports media startup building a mobile app with video content and live scores. This is a full-ownership role — you'll take features from design to production, including the infrastructure side. There's no dedicated DevOps engineer on the team, so you'll need to be comfortable operating on both sides of the stack.
You must be available during US business hours (PT/ET overlap).
Responsibilities:
Own backend features end-to-end, from architecture decisions to deployment
Design and build RESTful APIs with a focus on performance and scalability
Deploy and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS (ECS Fargate, Aurora, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, S3)
Write and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar)
Work with containerized environments using Docker
Diagnose and resolve production issues independently
Collaborate asynchronously with a small, distributed team
Contribute clean, well-documented, maintainable code
Requirements:
Backend
3–6+ years of experience with Node.js (Express, Fastify, or similar)
TypeScript — required
PostgreSQL — required
Strong RESTful API design and system design fundamentals
Experience with auth patterns: JWT, OAuth
Microservices architecture experience
Real-time systems experience (WebSockets, streaming, pub/sub) — a plus
DynamoDB and/or Redis experience — a plus
Infrastructure
Hands-on experience deploying and managing services on AWS
Familiarity with IAM, networking basics, and cloud cost awareness
Ability to write and maintain CI/CD pipelines
Proficiency with Docker
General
Strong Git workflow
Experience shipping production consumer apps
Comfortable working async in distributed, cross-timezone teams
Clear communicator — written English required
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