Backend Software Engineer

GoodRec is a US sports-tech startup operating the largest pickup sports app in North America. Players use our platform to join pickup games, leagues, and tournaments with a single tap. We are now scaling across the US and preparing international expansion, and we are rebuilding our backend to support that growth.

We are hiring a Backend Software Engineer to help design and build the core services that power our platform. You will work with a modern TypeScript/NestJS stack and Clean Architecture. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on reliability, performance, and scalable system design.

What you’ll work on

You will contribute to the backend foundation of the company, including:

• Scheduler service for events (creation, booking, lifecycle) to support our mobile apps

• Stripe payment flows

• Real-time features (chat, live updates)

• Background job processing

• Data synchronization across PostgreSQL and Firebase

Architecture

Our (new) codebase follows Clean Architecture:

• Domain: entities, value objects, domain events

• Application: use cases, business logic

• Infrastructure: controllers, repositories, DTOs, integrations

Your work will directly shape the reliability and developer experience of our platform as we scale.

Requirements

Must-Have Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and Node.js

• 5+ years of backend development experience

• 3+ years with NestJS or a similar TypeScript framework

• Practical experience with Clean Architecture and DDD

• PostgreSQL and Prisma proficiency

• AWS experience (S3, SNS, SQS)

• Stripe or similar payment integration

• GitHub Actions and CI/CD workflows

• Docker and containerized development

• SQL expertise

• Unit testing experience

• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly

• Ability to work autonomously and adapt to changing roadmaps

• OWASP security awareness

• English fluency

Nice-to-Have

• Socket.io and real-time systems

• DataDog monitoring

• Event scheduling systems

• Microservice patterns

• Firebase Admin SDK (Auth, Realtime Database)

Core Stack

• Backend: NestJS, Node.js 20+, TypeScript

• Data: PostgreSQL, Prisma

• Queues: Redis, BullMQ

• Cloud: AWS (S3, SNS, SQS), Firebase

• Payments: Stripe

• DevOps: GitHub Actions, Docker, Docker Compose

• Monitoring: DataDog

• Real-time: Socket.io, Redis Pub/Sub

• Architecture: Event-driven patterns, Clean Architecture + DDD