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Backend Engineer – Node.js, NestJS
Location
United States
Posted
94 days ago
Salary
$100K - $175K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Backend Engineer – Node.js, NestJS
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• Design and implement backend services using NestJS (v11) and TypeScript • Build secure, well-validated REST APIs using zod, class-validator, and OpenAPI • Implement role-based access control and JWT validation using Google Identity • Model and manage relational data using Prisma and Postgres • Implement background jobs and async workflows using Cloud Tasks • Integrate with external services (OCR, scheduling APIs, third-party data sources) • Ensure observability through structured logging, metrics, and Sentry • Write unit and integration tests using Jest • Collaborate closely with frontend and infra engineers on system design and deployment
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience
- Strong experience with Node.js and TypeScript
- Production experience with NestJS or similar structured backend frameworks
- Experience designing APIs and data models for complex domains
- Familiarity with relational databases and ORMs
- Strong security mindset, especially around auth and data access
- Experience optimizing Postgres data interactions
- Strong familiarity with building distributed systems, related practical design considerations, and patterns for scaling such systems in the cloud
Benefits
- 100% employer-paid medical, vision, and dental insurance (multiple plans available).
- 100% employer-paid life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability insurance.
- Employer-sponsored HSA contributions for HDHP medical plans
- Additional HSA and FSA spending account plans for employees
- 401(k) with a 5% company match.
- Generous PTO and holiday schedule.
- Company-issued technology and work-from-home stipend.
- A chance to shape a product, and a company, from the ground up.
- The opportunity to work at the forefront of health and longevity science with a team of world-class professionals dedicated to precision, mastery, and excellence.
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