Senior Backend Developer
Hyper
seniorpermanentbackend Richmond, VA 5 days ago via LinkedIn
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Node.jsTypeScriptPostgreSQLMicroservicesREST APIAWSCI/CDEvent-Driven ArchitectureTerraformERP/PLM Integrations
About the role
Role Overview
Senior Backend Developer / Software Engineer at Hyper Solutions. You will design, build, and scale backend systems that support Hyper’s manufacturing operations, modernizing a proprietary software platform through modular, high-performance, event-driven architecture.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement backend microservices using Node.js and TypeScript
- Build scalable RESTful APIs for internal tools and external integrations
- Optimize PostgreSQL schemas, queries, and performance
- Architect and evolve event-driven, asynchronous components
- Modularize systems into containerized microservices
- Ensure backend systems are reliable, secure, and scalable in production
- Improve automated testing, code quality, and system reliability
- Contribute to CI/CD and deployment pipelines
- Collaborate with engineering, operations, and service teams
- Integrate with third-party systems (e.g., ERP and PLM)
- Document system architecture and design decisions
Requirements
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience with Node.js and TypeScript
- Strong PostgreSQL skills (relational modeling + performance tuning)
- Experience building and scaling modular, distributed backend systems
- Deep knowledge of REST API design, security, and reliability
- Experience deploying/managing applications in cloud environments (preferably AWS)
- Familiarity with CI/CD and automated testing frameworks
- Experience building high-availability, scalable systems
- Strong communication and documentation skills
Preferred Qualifications
- AWS services (ECS, RDS, S3, Lambda)
- Terraform (infrastructure as code)
- TypeORM (ORM)
- Frontend familiarity: Vue.js, Tailwind CSS
- Puppeteer, Jest
- Experience in manufacturing/industrial/operations-focused environments
About Hyper
Hyper is a company building software that powers manufacturing operations. The role focuses on evolving Hyper’s proprietary platform by unifying fragmented systems and enabling engineering, operations, and service teams to manage manufacturing processes and data.
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