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About the Role

Join a collaborative engineering team at a high-growth technology company redefining the digital marketplace experience. You will own large-scale backend architecture, influence technical direction, and shape the next generation of a platform used by millions of customers.

Responsibilities

• Design and build highly scalable backend services using Node.js and TypeScript.
• Lead the evolution of container-based infrastructure running on AWS EKS (Kubernetes).
• Drive monolith-to-microservices migration initiatives while maintaining production stability.
• Architect backend systems supporting high-volume consumer transactions and marketplace functionality.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Frontend, DevOps, and Infrastructure teams on end-to-end feature delivery.
• Improve platform scalability, reliability, observability, and system performance.
• Build new backend services supporting expansion into additional marketplace categories.
• Utilize modern AI-assisted development tools and internal engineering workflows to improve development efficiency.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to technical strategy and architectural decisions.

Requirements

• 8+ years of backend software engineering experience.
• Strong professional experience with Node.js, TypeScript, and PostgreSQL.
• Experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and Kubernetes/EKS.
• Experience migrating or building microservices within containerized environments.
• Background building consumer-facing products, online marketplaces, eCommerce platforms, gaming platforms, or other high-traffic transactional systems.
• Strong system design skills with experience leading architecture decisions.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced startup or growth-stage environments with significant ownership.
• Experience using AI-assisted coding tools such as Cursor, Claude, GitHub Copilot, or similar technologies as part of the development workflow.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Skills

• Node.js
• TypeScript
• PostgreSQL
• AWS
• Kubernetes
• EKS
• Microservices
• Distributed Systems
• System Design
• AI-assisted development tools
• Marketplace platforms
• eCommerce platforms
• Gaming platforms
• High-traffic transactional systems
• Redis
• Docker
• Terraform
• BullMQ
• Datadog
• Sentry
• LaunchDarkly
• Stripe

Location

• San Francisco, CA

Work Type

• Hybrid
• Onsite

Experience Level

• 8+ years of backend software engineering experience
• Senior level

Salary/Compensations

• $200,000 - $240,000

Benefits

• Equity
• Benefits

About the Company

• Sperton is a global recruitment and consulting firm with offices across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. We help companies find and manage top talent across borders, delivering fast, compliant, and flexible recruitment, consultant hiring, and global mobility services.