Senior Back End Engineer — Raleigh, NC

About the Company

W7WH5bn is a leading SaaS provider delivering clarity and efficiency to mission-critical operations. Our platform optimizes task management, resource allocation, and operational analytics to meet the evolving demands of modern industries. From a promising startup to a key player in the technology sector, W7WH5bn continues to expand its reach and capabilities, empowering data centers and operational teams worldwide.

About the Role

We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to lead the development of the services behind w8xxePe'a platform. You'll work closely with product and the front-end team to design the APIs, data pipelines, and cloud services that mission critical teams rely on every day. This is a hands-on lead role where you'll shape backend architecture, help guide how AI is built into the platform, and advise other engineers as the team grows.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure backend services and APIs across w8xxePe'a platform.

• Serve as the backend lead, owning architecture decisions and advising peers as the platform and team scale.

• Partner with product and front-end engineers to translate requirements into features shipped end to end.

• Drive reliability, performance, and code quality across services and data.

• Other tasks, duties, and responsibilities as assigned or as business needs require.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in backend development, ideally within a B2B SaaS environment.

• Strong proficiency in Node.js, Express, and server-side JavaScript.

• Hands-on experience with MongoDB and Google BigQuery (or similar NoSQL and SQL databases), including aggregation, indexing, and multi-tenant schema design.

• Proven experience designing and building RESTful APIs within a microservices architecture.

• Experience with event-driven systems and messaging (RabbitMQ or similar), caching (Redis), and real-time updates (WebSockets).

• Solid understanding of authentication, authorization, and security best practices.

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or similar cloud providers, and CI/CD practices (GitLab CI or similar); Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) a plus.

• Familiarity with AI tools for productivity (Claude, ChatGPT, or similar).

• Self-starter who can operate with autonomy in a fast-paced, startup environment.

• Must be located in the Raleigh, NC area.

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. W7WH5bn is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas for this role.

Preferred Skills

• Experience building AI-powered features or internal tooling, such as LLM integrations, agents, or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).

• Experience designing AI system architecture, including model selection, context and prompt design, and evaluation.

• Experience training, fine-tuning, or deploying models with Google Vertex AI or similar AI/ML platforms.

• Containerization and orchestration experience (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm).

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits, including 100% paid employee medical insurance.

• Direct ownership over backend architecture, including how AI is built into the platform.

• A team that values creativity, speed, and getting things done.

How to Apply

• Apply directly on LinkedIn, or

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W7WH5bn is an equal opportunity employer.