Senior Backend Engineer (APIs)

We build tools used by thousands of development teams around the world, including the BBC, Shopify, Adobe, and, of course, ourselves. We are a revenue-positive startup that cares about the details. We work together to do some of the best work of our careers and only ship work we are genuinely proud of. We’re on a mission to safeguard all of the web’s pixels, but we need your help.

We want someone like you to work on the platform APIs and help with improving the system design for the Chromatic product, taking features from ideation to production. We seek someone passionate about building scalable, reliable backend systems that power delightful customer experiences. While your focus is on backend development, you’ll also have the opportunity to collaborate across the stack. MongoDB/GraphQL supports our back end, and we maintain a NextJS application on the front end. You’ll be part of a team that loves building APIs and systems that customers can trust and rely on. We want someone who loves building front-ends and APIs that customers can take for granted because you never compromise on the quality of our products.

This is the perfect job for someone who is willing to investigate complex problems and devise simple, high-quality, and delightful solutions.

Required Timezone: Pacific Standard Time (PST) to Eastern Standard Time (EST) within the US.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable, reliable backend systems in our TypeScript / Node.js / GraphQL / MongoDB stack.

• Design, develop, and refine APIs that serve internal and customer-facing products.

• Build and maintain data layers using technologies like MongoDB, Postgres, or Redis and ensure seamless data flow across systems.

• Work closely with the product team and full-stack engineers to help refine specifications and provide technical guidance.

• Collaborate with other engineering teams at the company to take full-stack features to production.

• Monitor and continuously improve our systems to maintain a quality standard and effectively respond to operational incidents.

• You will participate in the engineering team's support rotation. Because of our globally distributed team, this rotation is primarily during business hours.

Requirements

• 4+ years of real-world experience building backend systems for web applications.

• 5+ years of experience writing production APIs (bonus points for GraphQL).

• Experience using Typescript & Node.JS (It’s a plus if you have experience with other languages and Backend frameworks, too)

• Experience with database technologies, such as Postgres, MongoDB, and Redis (bonus points for experience with sharding and replication strategies).

• Excellent technical communication skills and enthusiasm for writing things down.

• Enthusiastic about testing and experience using test-driven development

• Prefers simple solutions and designs over complex ones and has a good intuition for what will last and scale.

• Bonus: Hands-on experience with GraphQL performance monitoring and optimization tools (e.g., Apollo Studio, Dataloader).

• Bonus: Experience with Visual Regression Testing and developing components in isolation before (e.g., used Storybook, etc.).

Salary range: US$180K—US$190K + equity. Learn more about our compensation philosophy here. Visit our careers page for a list of our other benefits and a peek into life at Chromatic.