Resend
Software Engineer, Backend
Remote work allowed only within certain countries or regions.
North America
Employer listed it 5 days ago · Added 5 days ago
First listed 5 days ago and still open.
Salary
$140,000 to $180,000
Location
North America
Work style
Async
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Senior
Category
Software
Stated by the employer in the job description
Remote flexibility
Region Restricted
Remote work is allowed, but only for candidates based in North America.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "Americas, Remote"
- Job description states: "based in Americas or European timezones"
What Nomaders makes of it
- Timezone overlap with the listed area is often expected
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About the role
Resend is growing fast, and there are now over 4 million developers using it. We’re building our core team of software engineers to support millions of emails sent every day.
We’re a small team that cares deeply about developer experience, reliability, and quality. We’re looking for engineers who enjoy shipping features end-to-end and understand how to build and operate the infrastructure behind them.
This role is fully remote based in Americas or European timezones, with some expected travel for team offsites, conferences, meetups, and more.
Read more about how we work, how we hire, and what we value here.
In this role, you will…
Own features end-to-end , from proposing ideas and scoping projects to building APIs, dashboard experiences, and the services behind them.
Build reliable distributed systems , including queues and background workers that handle traffic spikes, retries, and failures predictably.
Scale APIs and databases , improving performance, data integrity, and efficiency as usage grows.
Operate what you build , with meaningful monitoring, safe deployments, and participation in our on-call rotation.
Work closely with support and customers to understand recurring problems and turn them into product improvements.
Improve engineering quality , strengthening tests, tooling, and existing systems alongside building new capabilities.
You will be a great fit if you...
Have 8+ years of software engineering experience , with substantial experience building and operating backend services in production
Have worked with queues, asynchronous processing, and distributed systems , including retries, duplicate events, concurrency, and partial failures
Have the ability to design systems from scratch and think through the rollout of those systems
Understand cloud infrastructure and service operations , including deployments, observability, capacity, and debugging production issues
Have experience designing APIs and relational data models , diagnosing slow queries, and making safe database changes
Have experience managing production infrastructure with infrastructure as code , using tools such as Terraform or AWS CDK
Are comfortable working across the stack to deliver a complete product experience
Take initiative, communicate tradeoffs clearly, and know when to ask for help
Enjoy helping other developers and care about the details that make software easy to use
Communicate clearly in written and spoken English and can consistently work with overlap during Americas working hours
You will be an exceptional fit if you also...
Have deep experience with Node.js, TypeScript, Go, and Postgres
Requirements
The employer hasn't listed requirements separately, they're described in the role summary above and on the original listing.
Benefits
No benefits package published with this listing. Ask about it at first interview.
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, region restricted, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Resend, mentioning your remote working experience and working hours (Async).
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
Found 5d ago. Last checked today. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.
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