Remote Backend Engineer

Salary: £48,000 - 88,000 per year

Requirements

• 5+ years in backend engineering roles
• Proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript
• Strong experience with Supabase or equivalent PostgreSQL-based backend services
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure, including deploying and managing services using serverless compute such as Cloud Run, AWS Lambda, or Azure Functions
• Solid knowledge of Clean Code and Clean Architecture practices
• Experience with API design (REST) and cloud-native application development
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, testing tools, and Git workflows
• Strong grasp of security principles, data protection, and compliance best practices
• Effective communicator and proactive team contributor

Responsibilities

• Design and build RESTful or GraphQL APIs, microservices, and business logic using Node.js and TypeScript
• Model data and manage queries using Supabase and PostgreSQL, including functions, row-level security, and real-time features
• Deploy and manage services on Google Cloud Platform, particularly with Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, IAM, and Pub/Sub
• Write clean, testable code using unit, integration, and end-to-end testing frameworks such as Jest
• Contribute to code reviews and quality assurance practices
• Implement secure-by-default solutions for authentication, authorization, and data protection following Clean Code and Clean Architecture principles
• Set up logging, monitoring, and alerting for backend services
• Own incident response and uptime improvements
• Participate in architecture discussions, mentor team members, and document decisions and systems for internal knowledge sharing

Technologies

• AI
• API
• AWS
• Lambda
• Azure
• Backend
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• GCP
• Git
• GraphQL
• Hardware
• IAM
• Support
• Jest
• PostgreSQL
• REST
• Security
• Serverless
• TypeScript
• microservices
• NodeJS
• DevOps
• Frontend

More

We are Air Apps, a family-founded company born in Lisbon, Portugal in 2018, with offices in Lisbon and San Francisco. We are on a mission to build the worlds first AI-powered Personal & Entrepreneurial Resource Planner, and we have remained self-funded while reaching over 100 million downloads worldwide. This is a fully onsite role based in our Lisbon office, and we are open to supporting relocation. We offer Apple hardware for work, an annual bonus, top-tier health and life insurance, a transportation budget, a Coverflex benefits package, childcare support, Air Conference access, a pension fund, Urban Sports Club membership, and free meals at the hub. We value diversity, inclusion, and equity, and we foster a collaborative, fast-paced environment where we build products that help people plan, work, and live better.

last updated 28 week of 2026