Software Engineer, Backend

Resend
Dublin
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 140,000 - 180,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Initiative","Problem-solving","Collaboration","Quality mindset"]

Own backend features end-to-end, from scoping and building APIs to operating the services in production. Design and scale reliable distributed systems (queues, background workers, retries, and partial failures), and improve performance across APIs and relational data. Drive safe deployments, monitoring, and on-call coverage while collaborating with support and customers to turn recurring issues into product improvements, raising engineering quality with stronger tests and tooling.

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Software Engineer, Backend

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Job Summary

Own backend features end-to-end, from scoping and building APIs to operating the services in production. Design and scale reliable distributed systems (queues, background workers, retries, and partial failures), and improve performance across APIs and relational data. Drive safe deployments, monitoring, and on-call coverage while collaborating with support and customers to turn recurring issues into product improvements, raising engineering quality with stronger tests and tooling.
Location: Dublin
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own backend features end-to-end, from proposing and scoping through building APIs, dashboard experiences, and supporting services.
  • •Build and scale reliable distributed systems, including queues and background workers to handle spikes and failures predictably.
  • •Scale APIs and databases by improving performance, data integrity, and efficiency as usage grows.
  • •Operate what you build with monitoring, safe deployments, and participation in an on-call rotation.
  • •Partner with support and customers to identify recurring problems and turn them into product improvements.
Travel: Medium travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 140,000 - 180,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years of software engineering experience building and operating backend services in production.
  • •Experience building distributed systems and asynchronous processing (queues, retries, duplicate events, concurrency, partial failures).
  • •Ability to design systems from scratch and plan rollouts.
  • •Understanding of cloud infrastructure and service operations (deployments, observability, capacity, and production debugging).
  • •Experience with API design and relational data models, including diagnosing slow queries and making safe database changes.
Experience:8+ yearsDistributed systemsAsynchronous processingDeveloper toolsEmail infrastructurePublic APIs
Skills:CommunicationInitiativeProblem-solvingCollaborationQuality mindset
Languages:English
Tech Stack:Node.jsTypeScriptGoPostgresAWSTerraformAWS CDKAPIsRelational databases

Company Brief

Resend
Resend provides a developer-focused email API and platform for building, testing, and delivering transactional and marketing emails with improved deliverability and developer tooling.
Industry: API Platforms
Company Size: Small (11 to 50 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Funding: Series A
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2023
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