Staff/Senior Backend Engineer, Node.js

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🕒 July 29

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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Mimica

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11 - 50 employees

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏥 Healthcare

Consulting • Logistics • Healthcare

Mimica is a company that specializes in AI-powered process discovery and automation opportunities for businesses. By observing a team's work, Mimica maps current processes, identifies areas for improvement, and prioritizes them based on time savings and ease of automation. The company offers process intelligence metrics that help prioritize high-ROI transformation and automation activities. Mimica emphasizes data security and compliance with standards such as GDPR, ISO 27001, and SOC 2. Its products, including Mimica Miner and Mimica Mapper, aim to accelerate business transformation and improve efficiency through accurate process mapping and automation.

📋 Description

• Enhance and scale the backend systems powering the Mimica platform (MERN stack). • Design and implement a scalable architecture, developing and optimizing backend services and APIs. • Improve the performance and reliability of existing components. • Take operational responsibility for what you build. • Contribute to architectural decisions and collaborate across teams to identify and implement product improvements. • Develop and optimize a real-time backend service. • Create libraries and build APIs in our Node.js backend. • Diagnose fault-tolerance and availability issues, as well as performance bottlenecks, and resolving them. • Refactor components and services and produce documentation for your implementations. • Provide feedback to peers through pair programming and code reviews.

🎯 Requirements

• Background in backend engineering, focusing on developing high-performance production software and scalable architectures. • Minimum 8 years of experience as a Software Engineer. • Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, and experience using modern frameworks and technologies (e.g., Docker, K8s) to build high-throughput, low-latency systems. • Practical experience in designing APIs and managing databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB), with a keen eye for query optimization and efficient data storage & handling. • Firm grasp of distributed systems concepts and techniques – microservices, load balancing, caching, horizontal/vertical scaling and stateless architectures. • Commitment to upholding high engineering standards, prioritizing code quality, maintainability, reliability, and security. • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills – methodically decomposing systems to identify bottlenecks, determine root causes and implement effective solutions. • Drive to continually develop your skills, improve team processes and reduce debt. • Fluency in English, with effective communication skills – articulating complex ideas, concepts, and trade-offs clearly.

🏖️ Benefits

• Generous compensation + stock options - aligned with our internal framework, market data, and individual skills. • Company-issued laptop, remote setup stipend, and co-working budget • Flexible schedules and location • Ample paid time off, in addition to local public holidays • Enhanced parental leave • Health & retirement benefits • Annual learning & development budget • Annual workaways and regular virtual & in-person socials • Opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking projects that shape the future of work