Senior Backend Engineer - Node Js

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable CDN and caching solutions as part of our Edge Computing strategy
• Contribute to architectural decisions alongside staff and distinguished engineers
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, DevOps, security, and platform teams
• Ensure CDN configurations adhere to performance, security, and availability standards
• Monitor, debug, and optimize caching strategies and edge delivery pipelines
• Evaluate and recommend improvements to CDN observability and edge performance tooling
• Actively participate in peer code reviews, providing feedback to your fellow engineers to make them better and to improve the quality of the software we ship
• Provide technical support to product teams, advising on best practices and highlighting risks
• Engage in continuous improvement projects within the team

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with JavaScript/TypeScript
• 5+ years of experience with cloud platforms like GCP (preferred), AWS or Azure
• 3+ years of deep hands-on experience with CDN technologies such as Fastly, Akamai, Cloudflare, or Varnish
• 3+ years of experience working on solutions leveraging caching principles, including TTL, purging, ESI, and stale content strategies
• 3+ years hands-on experience with databases (relational and/or NoSQL), including query optimization and data modelling
• 3+ years of experience delivering projects from inception to completion, demonstrating ownership and accountability throughout the entire project lifecycle

Nice to Have

• Experience with edge computing platforms
• Knowledge of Layer 7 routing, WAFs, and edge security patterns
• Experience integrating observability tooling (e.g., logging, metrics, tracing) into CDN workflows
• Strong awareness of web performance optimization techniques (e.g., Lighthouse, Core Web Vitals)
• Exposure to infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform or Deployment Manager)
• Experience working on a project using mature CI/CD practices
• Exposure to DevOps tools, processes, and culture (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker, CircleCI, Git, GitHub Actions, Gitlab runners, etc.)
• Ability to drive architecture and design decisions in collaboration with more senior level (staff, principal, distinguished) engineers
• Familiarity with web application performance and delivery at the edge
• Experience working with a source versioning tool, such as Git
• Experience working as a member of an Agile software development team
• Strong verbal and written communication skills demonstrating technical leadership
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or, equivalent experience (HS diploma + 4 years relevant experience)

Benefits & Perks

• Affordable medical plan options
• A 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions)
• An employee stock purchase plan
• No-cost programs including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation, weight management, confidential counseling, and financial coaching
• Paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access, and other benefits depending on eligibility