Backend Engineer Node - Wakapi

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

C - K - 09062026

Wakapi Web

Originally posted on Himalayas