Senior Full Stack Engineer (Backend-Focused)

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems and APIs powering core product functionality
• Develop and ship full-stack features from backend services through to customer-facing interfaces
• Build reliable infrastructure that supports high-performance, real-time applications
• Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and leadership teams to define and deliver new capabilities
• Design systems that scale efficiently as product usage and complexity grows
• Improve platform reliability, observability, monitoring, and operational tooling
• Contribute to architectural decisions and long-term technical strategy
• Optimize performance, security, and developer experience across the platform

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong backend engineering experience building and operating production systems
• Advanced proficiency with TypeScript and modern backend development practices
• Experience building scalable APIs, distributed systems, and cloud-native applications
• Strong understanding of databases, data modeling, and system architecture
• Experience working with real-time systems, event-driven architectures, or asynchronous processing
• Ability to operate independently and thrive in ambiguous environments
• Strong problem-solving skills and systems-thinking mindset

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with edge computing, serverless architectures, or distributed platforms
• Exposure to AI-powered products, LLM infrastructure, or agent-based systems
• Experience designing highly available systems that support significant scale
• Familiarity with observability, monitoring, tracing, and incident management practices
• Experience in startup or high-growth environments
• Full-stack experience building customer-facing product features

About the Company

Pragmatike is partnering with a YC-backed AI technology start-up building ambitious products at the intersection of software, intelligence, and developer tooling. This role offers significant ownership and the opportunity to work alongside exceptional engineers in a collaborative onsite environment.