Backend Engineer Rome

Role Overview

Air Apps is hiring a Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain server-side components that power core product features and support rapid growth.

Responsibilities

• API & Service Architecture: Design and build RESTful or GraphQL APIs, microservices, and business logic using Node.js and TypeScript.
• Database Design & Integration: Model data and manage queries using Supabase and PostgreSQL, including functions, row-level security, and real-time features.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Deploy and manage backend services on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), especially Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, IAM, and Pub/Sub.
• Code Quality & Testing: Write clean, testable code with unit, integration, and end-to-end testing (e.g., Jest). Contribute to code reviews and QA.
• Security & Reliability: Implement secure-by-default authentication/authorization and data protection, following Clean Code and Clean Architecture principles.
• Monitoring & Operations: Set up logging, monitoring, alerting, and own incident response and uptime improvements.
• Team Collaboration: Participate in architecture discussions, mentor teammates, and document systems for internal knowledge sharing.

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript.
• Strong experience with Supabase or equivalent PostgreSQL-based backend services.
• Hands-on cloud experience (e.g., GCP, and experience also with AWS/Azure) with serverless deployment (e.g., Cloud Run, AWS Lambda, Azure Functions).
• Solid understanding of Clean Code and Clean Architecture.
• Experience with REST API design and cloud-native development.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, testing tools, and Git workflows.
• Strong security knowledge (data protection and compliance best practices).
• Effective communication and proactive teamwork.

Nice to Haves

• Experience with GraphQL (explicitly mentioned as an option).
• Experience designing microservices and real-time backend features with Supabase.