Senior Backend Engineer

Riverside
Tel Aviv
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 6+ yearsSkills: ["Analytical thinking","Systems thinking","Research mindset"]

Own core backend systems for Riverside’s Platform & Infra team, focusing on scalability, reliability, and high-performance processing for large video/audio workloads. Build internal tooling and abstractions that improve DevEx, optimize the GraphQL/API layer across microservices, and maintain an AWS environment with automation, observability, and cost efficiency. Scale infrastructure for Riverside’s AI workflows, including MCP integrations and agent-based orchestration for real-time reliability.

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Riverside
Riverside
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Senior Backend Engineer

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Job Summary

Own core backend systems for Riverside’s Platform & Infra team, focusing on scalability, reliability, and high-performance processing for large video/audio workloads. Build internal tooling and abstractions that improve DevEx, optimize the GraphQL/API layer across microservices, and maintain an AWS environment with automation, observability, and cost efficiency. Scale infrastructure for Riverside’s AI workflows, including MCP integrations and agent-based orchestration for real-time reliability.
Location: Tel Aviv
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and optimize core processing systems handling massive concurrency and large video/audio data volumes.
  • •Create internal tools, platforms, and CI/CD abstractions that help product teams ship faster and more safely.
  • •Own and optimize the GraphQL layer to enable seamless, high-performance communication across microservices.
  • •Maintain and evolve the AWS environment with a focus on automation, observability, and cost efficiency.
  • •Build and scale infrastructure powering AI workflows, including MCP integrations and agent-based systems for reliable real-time orchestration.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Annual Bonus

Key Requirements

  • •6+ years in backend engineering with a strong leaning toward infrastructure, platform, or systems design.
  • •Expert-level Node.js and TypeScript skills.
  • •Strong experience with GraphQL, including schema design, performance, and scaling.
  • •Deep understanding of MongoDB and Postgres and how to optimize them for high-scale environments.
  • •A researcher mindset: analyze systems, identify bottlenecks, and re-engineer for future needs.
Experience:6+ yearsBackend engineeringInfrastructurePlatformSystems design
Skills:Analytical thinkingSystems thinkingResearch mindset
Tech Stack:Node.jsTypeScriptGraphQLMongoDBPostgresAWSCI/CDMicroservicesMCPAgent-based systems

Company Brief

Riverside
Provides an online recording and editing platform for podcasts, interviews, and video content. It helps creators and teams capture high-quality remote recordings with separate audio and video tracks, transcription, and collaborative production tools.
Industry: SaaS
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Israel
Founded: 2019
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