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Staff Backend Engineer

Remote, USA +11·Full-time·Added 4 months ago (last checked 9 Oct)

Nango

5 open roles

Overview

Job details

  • US$140,000 - US$220,000 a year

    Gross, as stated in the ad.

  • Full-time

    Per the ad.

  • Fully remote

    Only from certain places, per the ad: “Based in North America, LATAM or Europe.”

Visa options

  • The ad doesn’t mention sponsorship

    Not a refusal, but not a yes. Worth asking in your first message.

  • May fit the digital nomad visa

    A remote job for a company outside Spain: you apply yourself, no sponsor needed. It asks for about €2,849 a month in remote income.

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Requirements

  • Work in English

    English is required, per the ad.

  • Have 5+ years of experience

    Staff-level role.

Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years (senior-level) or 10+ years (staff-level) of backend engineering experience, with proven ability to scale high-traffic systems.

  • Deep experience with developer infrastructure, APIs, databases, and performance-critical systems.

  • Passion for developer tools, best practices, and building outstanding DX.

  • Comfortable with Node.js and modern backend stacks.

  • Strong communicator, proactive, and reliable in a remote-first environment.

  • Product mindset and developer empathy: you optimize for DX.

  • Pragmatic, positive, and low ego: you step up in incidents and unblock teammates.

  • Startup-ready: autonomous, ownership-driven, and able to navigate ambiguity.

The role

Nango (YC W23) is a developer infrastructure company and the leading provider of API access for agents and apps. It enables AI applications to connect to the real world through integrations.

We are hiring Senior & Staff Backend Engineers to join the core engineering team building Nango's platform and developer infrastructure. This is a critical role at the heart of the company: as a product-led business selling to developers, our engineers directly drive the product roadmap, specifications, and execution. You will own core systems end-to-end, from ideation and design to implementation and close collaboration with developer customers, shaping both the platform and how Nango evolves.

What you'll do

  • Design and scale backend systems, APIs, and services for our open-source platform.

  • Build world-class developer interfaces: APIs, SDKs, UIs, and a runtime that delights developers.

  • Collaborate directly with customers to solve integration challenges.

  • Optimize performance, scalability, and reliability across backend services.

  • Shape the roadmap and company strategy with high ownership of key decisions.

  • Engage with the open-source community, owning and maintaining our repo.

How you'll work

  • Based in North America, LATAM or Europe.

description

(Remote - North America, LATAM or Europe)

Who you are

If you're a seasoned backend engineer who loves developer infrastructure, thrives on ownership, and wants to shape the future of integrations - we'd love to hear from you.

About Nango

Nango is a developer platform that provides unified APIs for integrating with external SaaS applications, enabling developers to build product integrations quickly and reliably. The company is a small, well-regarded player in the developer tools space, with a global footprint and a focus on open-source technology.

Nango has a remote-first culture and is hiring in Spain, indicating a commitment to building a distributed team across Europe. For international professionals, Nango offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge integration infrastructure, collaborate with a global team, and contribute to a product used by developers worldwide.

Founded
2021
Employees
11–50
Headquarters
San Francisco, USA

Good to know if you are moving

  • Nango is a remote-first company, allowing flexibility in work location within Spain.
  • The company is open-source, so candidates can review the codebase and contribute before applying.
  • Nango is a small team, offering significant ownership and impact on the product.
  • The company is well-funded and has a global customer base, providing stability for early-stage employees.
  • Working at Nango involves deep technical challenges in API integration, appealing to backend engineers.

In their own words

About the company & team

More than 400 paying customers rely on Nango today, including Replit, Ramp, Mercor, Vapi, Instantly, and Exa. We are a YC-backed, multi-million ARR company with a team of 14 from AWS, Snyk, GitHub, Okta, Netlify, Uber, Samsara, and more.

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