Architect AI-powered restaurant intelligence systems as a Senior Backend Engineer, using Node.js, TypeScript, distributed systems, and scalable data pipelines remotely from Canada. This Senior / Staff Backend Engineer owns Grader’s architecture and technical direction. You will build customer-facing services, event-driven workflows, and data systems processing information from Google, Yelp, restaurant menus, and AI-generated signals. Your work supports real-time scoring and product capabilities. Key Responsibilities:
Own Grader’s backend architecture and technical direction Build scalable pipelines for third-party restaurant information Operate reliable services powering real-time restaurant scoring Lead monolith decomposition and microservices transitions Improve observability, monitoring, alerting, and incident management Requirements:
Seven-plus years in backend, platform, or software development Robust Node.js and TypeScript proficiency or equivalent Experience scaling customer-facing production systems Knowledge of distributed systems and asynchronous processing Experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or similar databases Bring architectural ownership, backend engineering expertise, and reliability focus to Grader’s AI-powered restaurant intelligence platform.