Senior Backend Engineer

About Us

Digg is building a human-first community network. The revived platform aims to use the very best of technology, including AI, to bring humanity back to the internet by fostering the spirit of discovery and genuine community that made the early web a fun and exciting place to be.

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The Role

We're seeking an experienced backend engineer to join our team and help scale our architecture. You'll be joining at a critical growth stage, working with modern technologies and contributing to fundamental architectural decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize backend services with a focus on performance and scalability

  Architect and maintain infrastructure to support high-availability systems at scale

  Collaborate with our existing backend engineers to distribute workload and accelerate development

  Implement and enhance our GraphQL API layer, with particular attention to optimization for high-load scenarios

  Optimize system performance through profiling, load testing, and capacity planning

  Implement monitoring, observability, and alerting solutions to ensure system reliability

  Contribute to infrastructure architecture and implementation with AWS services

  Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and technical planning

  Work cross-functionally with frontend and product teams to deliver cohesive solutions

• 5+ years of backend development experience with demonstrated expertise in distributed systems

  Experience scaling systems to support 100k+ monthly active users

  AWS infrastructure (ECS, Fargate, SNS+SQS, Neptune, ALB, WAF, Lambda) and IaC tools (Pulumi)

  GraphQL implementation and optimization (query efficiency, caching strategies, scaling under load)

  Strong proficiency in Typescript, Go and/or Python

  Experience with graph databases (preferably neo4j or AWS Neptune)

  Knowledge of message queue systems (Amazon SNS+SQS, RabbitMQ, Kafka, or similar)

  Understanding of load balancing, auto-scaling, and high-availability patterns

  Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines, particularly with GitHub Actions

  Experience with containerization and microservices architecture

  Ability to write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code

  Experience with incident response and production troubleshooting

• Experience with performance tuning and optimization of backend systems

  Understanding of caching strategies and implementation (AWS ElastiCache, Redis, etc)

  Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools (Pulumi, Terraform, CloudFormation)

  Previous work with TypeScript/JavaScript in a backend context (Node.js)

  Experience in fintech, e-commerce, large scale social platform, or other high-transaction environments

  GraphQL implementation and optimization (query efficiency, caching strategies, scaling under load)

  Track record of scaling systems from early-stage to production-ready

  Experience implementing effective monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions

  Experience with security best practices and compliance frameworks

• Problem-solving mindset: You're excited by technical challenges and finding elegant solutions

  Ownership mentality: You take responsibility for your work and its impact on the product

  Collaborative approach: You thrive when working with others and can clearly explain technical concepts

  Resilience and adaptability: You navigate ambiguity well and learn quickly from setbacks

  Pragmatic decision-making: You balance theoretical best practices with practical implementation needs

  Commitment to reliability: You understand the importance of building dependable systems

• Opportunity to shape core architecture in a fast-growing startup

  Collaborative, low-ego engineering culture

  Work directly with technical leadership

  Competitive compensation package

  Remote-friendly work environment

  Chance to make a significant impact on our product and company trajectory

  Medical, Dental, Vision insurance

  Flexible PTO

  401k matching

  11 annual paid holidays

  This position offers a unique opportunity to complement our existing talent while making your own mark on our technical foundation. If you're passionate about building scalable, maintainable systems and ready to take ownership of critical backend components, we'd love to talk with you.