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grpc node.js distributed systems typescript rest📋 Description
- Own chat-backend architecture (Node/TypeScript); define boundaries, scalability.
- Lead cross-team design reviews; author ADRs & RFCs.
- Build and harden event-driven pipelines for telemetry and LLM feedback.
- Champion reliability—set error budgets, testing strategy, incident playbooks.
- Mentor engineers; grow system-design skills; foster low-ego culture.
- Partner with Product/Design/Data Science; engage with open-source AI communities.
🎯 Requirements
- 10+ years building distributed SaaS; 5+ years leading Node/TypeScript backend.
- Distributed systems expert: sharding, consensus, eventual consistency.
- High-throughput, low-latency APIs (gRPC/REST/WebSocket); streaming.
- Observability with OpenTelemetry, logs/metrics, synthetic checks, SLO dashboards.
- LLM tooling experience (LangChain/LangGraph, OpenAI calls, vector-search, RAG).
- Strong written communication; ADRs/RFCs; mentoring.
🎁 Benefits
- Competitive pay based on work; not salary history.
- Health coverage for you and family in many locations.
- Flexible locations and schedules for many roles.
- Generous vacation days each year.
- Donation matching up to 2000 (local currency where needed).
- Up to 40 hours/year for volunteer projects.
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