Senior Backend Engineer
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- As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing and building Nash’s backend systems, services, and APIs
- You’ll work closely with the CTO, co-founder, and engineering and product team to scale our platform, optimize performance, and develop robust, scalable infrastructure that powers seamless logistics operations
- This is a great opportunity to join Nash at an exciting time as we build products across the logistics value chain for enterprises, marketplaces, and SMBs
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance backend services and APIs
- Architect and implement efficient data structures and models
- Optimize and improve system performance, scalability, and security
- Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve backend issues in production environments
- Collaborate closely with frontend engineers to build seamless API integrations
- Ensure system reliability by implementing observability, monitoring, and logging best practices
- Work independently and collaboratively to solve complex technical challenges
- Advocate for best practices in documentation, testing, and maintainability
- Startup experience is a plus, but not required
- Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and deployment best practices, including managed services (serverless, databases, queues) and CI/CD pipelines
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment
- Strong preference for Bay Area - Nash operates a hybrid first product team with an office in San Francisco
- Bonus: Experience with AsyncIO, event-driven architectures, or integration-heavy systems
- Strong Proficiency in Python and backend frameworks
- 4+ years of experience building and shipping scalable backend systems
- Experience designing and working with RESTful APIs and databases (PostgreSQL, AWS RDS)
- Deep knowledge of scalable system design and performance optimization