Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Vida Global is a publicly traded, early-stage AI company building an AI Agent Operating System. They are seeking a Backend Engineer to help build foundational systems that power their platform, focusing on backend product development, systems design, and production operations.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain high-quality production software for Vida’s core platform
- Implement scalable backend services, APIs, distributed workflows, and integrations
- Translate ambiguous product requirements into simple, well-structured technical solutions
- Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code with a focus on long-term simplicity rather than short-term hacks
- Design efficient, well-modeled relational databases and write strong SQL for production use cases
- Build backend systems that are reliable, observable, secure, and easy to operate
- Work closely with product and frontend engineering to ship thoughtful end-to-end product experiences
- Help improve the reliability, scalability, and performance of Vida’s backend systems
- Use logs, metrics, monitoring, and debugging tools to investigate complex production issues
- Identify and address root causes rather than applying surface-level fixes
- Improve internal tooling, operational workflows, and engineering processes as the platform grows
- Participate in architecture discussions and help make pragmatic technical decisions
- Support production systems with a strong sense of ownership and care for customers
- Participate in thoughtful code reviews, both giving and receiving constructive feedback
- Help maintain a high bar for code quality, testing, documentation, and system design
- Communicate proactively in a fully remote environment
- Collaborate effectively with a small engineering team while also being comfortable working independently
- Learn new technologies quickly and evaluate tools based on the problem rather than personal preference
Skills
- Demonstrated ability to design, build, and maintain high-quality production software
- Experience designing and implementing scalable backend services, APIs, and distributed systems
- Strong engineering fundamentals, independent judgment, and ability to reason clearly about tradeoffs
- Clean, well-structured, maintainable coding style with a focus on long-term simplicity
- Strong understanding of software design principles, data structures, algorithms, and system architecture
- Strong SQL skills and experience designing efficient, well-modeled relational databases
- Experience writing automated tests and treating testing as an integral part of the development process
- Comfort participating in thoughtful code reviews and giving and receiving constructive feedback
- Experience building observable systems using logging, metrics, and monitoring to diagnose and prevent production issues
- Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills, with the ability to independently investigate complex issues
- Comfort working independently in a fully remote environment while communicating proactively and collaborating effectively with a small engineering team
- Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies quickly and choose appropriate tools based on the problem rather than personal preference
- Experience with Node.js and the JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystem
- Experience with PostgreSQL
- Experience building applications on AWS
- Experience integrating with Stripe or other payment platforms
- Experience designing or implementing data pipelines, ETL processes, or event-driven data workflows
- Experience working at an early-stage or growing SaaS company
- Experience with AI, automation, agent, telephony, CRM, customer support, or workflow products
- Experience working on multi-tenant platforms, reseller systems, or partner-facing software
Benefits
- Meaningful equity participation
- Standard company benefits
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