Trigger.dev
SaaS
SeniorBackendEngineer
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“Senior Backend Engineer at Trigger.dev. Skills: Node.js, TypeScript, Postgres, Cloud infrastructure. Design SDK and platform features. Ship new capabilities end to end”
Industry & Context.
Debugging; Problem solving
On call, In-person events
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Node.js, TypeScript, Remix, Postgres, Redis, Cloud infrastructure, AWS, GCP, Azure
Nice to Have
Contributing to open source projects, Venture-backed startup founder, React, Remix, High throughput system, Designed SDKs for developers, Self-managed Kubernetes, Linux, OTel, o11y, Developer tools company, Go
What You'll Do.
Design SDK and platform features
Ship new capabilities end to end
Develop database schemas
Optimize query performance
Build backend systems
Apply security best practices
Implement observability tooling
Contribute to architectural decisions
Shape platform direction
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work with product team; Collaborate with community; Review PRs; Create issues; Help customers; Team decision making
Full Job Description
ABOUT TRIGGER.DEV Trigger.dev http://Trigger.dev is the platform for running reliable AI agents and workflows. Developers use it to build, deploy, and scale production systems with built-in tools for orchestration, scheduling, monitoring, and debugging. Our Cloud product is a managed service where we deploy our users' code and auto-scale from zero to millions of executions. Today, we serve thousands of teams building AI apps and agents, handling hundreds of millions of executions per month. ABOUT THE POSITION We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to help us build our Open Source and Cloud product. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Node.js, TypeScript, Postgres, Redis, and cloud infrastructure. This role requires both technical depth and the ability to think strategically about our platform's future. WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING You'll do a variety of things including: - Designing and implementing SDK and platform features. Shipping new capabilities end to end, from API surface to production rollout. - Database design. Developing database schemas and data models that hold up as the product scales. - Query performance and data access. Creating and optimising query performance and data access patterns. - Building backend systems that stand up to production load. Reliability, throughput, and durability are part of the job, not someone else's. - Scalable APIs and services. Designing and implementing API endpoints and services that handle real customer traffic. - Security as a default. Applying security best practices in everything you ship. - Monitoring, logging, and debugging. Implementing the observability tooling that lets us spot problems and fix them fast. - Architecture and technical roadmap. Contributing to architectural decisions and shaping where the platform goes next. We build in public, so you can see some of the things you might work on here https://feedback.trigger.dev/. Working at a Commercial Open Source Software company is more than just codi
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