Senior Backend Engineer (Remote)
Posted 404 days ago, which is unusual. The employer's own board was still carrying it when we last read it, 1 hour ago.
This is the employer's own posting, not a copy on a job board.
What we know
Is it still open?
Confirmed still open
Last checked 4h ago — checked against the employer's own applicant tracking system, which is the company answering directly.
We re-read the employer's own applicant tracking system and the posting was still there. That is the company answering directly.
How old is it?
Posted 404d ago
The date the source published, not the day we noticed it (2025-08-06). Last seen at its source 1h ago.
Is it remote?
Marked remote on the employer's board
Their board carries a remote setting on this posting — a field they filled in, not wording we read. The location field names somewhere specific, which is usually where the team or the entity sits.
Who may apply?
San Francisco
The description states no restriction of its own. This is the source's own tag.
Pay not stated
Similar roles pay $160.9k–210k/yr
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Skills named in the ad
Recognised terms only, from a fixed vocabulary — this is what CV matching compares against.
Carried by 1 source
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ashby employer's own board first seen 11d ago · last seen 1h ago
The listing
Empower the voices of the world @ Zencastr. If you want to push the world of podcasting into the future, come join a team who loves to live on the edge! We are a fully distributed team of smart people who are passionate about changing the world one voice at a time.
You should join us if you:
Have significant experience with Node.js and good knowledge of JS fundamentals
Have a good understanding of computer science fundamentals. You might not have gone to school for it, but you know the difference between heap and stack, different time complexities, and which patterns to use and when.
You are ambitious. You might want to build your own company one day or have tried to tackle the toughest tech problems just for fun.
You enjoy writing Javascript or Typescript
You have an eye for performance. Whether thinking about the latest client side bundling techniques, or the proper way to shard a mongo database, you want things to be fast.
You are a team player
You have good communication skills
What sets you apart:
You have a passion for high performance applications
You have significant open source contributions
You want to work in a fast growing startup. Which comes with the blood, sweat and tears of working to disrupt an established industry
You have empathy for the end user. A spec is a conversation starter, as an advocate for the end user you always are thinking about how to best serve their needs
You have an eye for code quality and you strive to uphold best practices in engineering, security, and design
Why you should choose us:
You’ll be working with world class engineers, Phd’s, and designers in a fully distributed team
Work in an agile and fast changing environment
Equity commensurate to your contribution in a profitable company
Health insurance
Unique challenges and the support and talent to solve them
4 weeks PTO
Freedom to work where you please
What we’re looking for:
5+ years of Typescript, Node.js development
Strong document / key-value store knowledge (Redis, MongoDB)
Strong SQL knowledge
Demonstrable knowledge of building scaleable consumer based apps
Strong experience with unit, integration, and load testing
Experience building APIs
Experience with cloud APIs (Google Cloud, Digital Ocean)
Bonus points if you have:
Experiencing working in high traffic, low latency applications
Good dev ops experience
Digital Signal Processing experience
Strong SQL knowledge
AI experience
How to apply:
Apply at https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/zencastr/e5897c7a-4622-495b-a892-81763a2ef112
We are flexible! For the right candidate we ask: What do you need to do your best work?