Morpho Labs
Staff Backend Engineer
NEWParis or remote (from -5 GMT up to +2h GMT to ensure sufficient overlap with the rest of the team)Full-timeGlobal
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RemoteRemote work position availableActivePosted within the last 30 days
Job Description
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You will build and maintain reliable, high-performance backend services and APIs using TypeScript/Node and GraphQL. You will model data and evolve relational schemas (PostgreSQL), optimize for correctness and performance, and simplify systems by reducing complexity and paying down technical debt. You will monitor, troubleshoot, and improve production systems with a focus on observability, incident response, reliability, and operational excellence. You will collaborate with frontend, product, protocol, risk, and security teams to deliver end-to-end outcomes. At more senior levels you will drive cross-team initiatives, sponsor technical design, mentor engineers, and own critical backend domains.
Requirements
- ā8-10+ years of backend development experience, leading cross-team designs and shipping large ambiguous projects
- ā3-5 years building backend systems, working with GraphQL APIs and relational databases (PostgreSQL)
- āProficiency in TypeScript and Node.js
- āExperience with GraphQL APIs
- āExperience with relational databases, especially PostgreSQL
- āStrong data modelling and performance optimization skills
- āExperience in production operations, observability and incident response
Responsibilities
- āDesign, build and operate backend services in TypeScript/Node and GraphQL
- āModel data and evolve relational schemas and optimize for correctness, performance and maintainability
- āCollaborate with frontend, product, protocol, risk, and security teams to ship end-to-end outcomes
- āMonitor, troubleshoot and improve production systems focusing on observability, incident response, reliability and operational excellence
- āSimplify systems, reduce complexity, pay down technical debt and standardize patterns
- āDrive cross-team initiatives, sponsor technical design, mentor engineers and own critical backend domains
Benefits & Perks
- āFlexible work arrangements
- āPeriodic time together in Paris
- āHealth coverage
Tech Stack
Node.jsTypeScriptPerformance optimizationSchema designincident responsebackendreliabilitydata modellingproduction operationsobservability