Senior Backend Engineer
A hands-on senior backend engineer in Cairo who owns features end to end: designing PostgreSQL schemas, business logic, and REST/ORPC APIs in TypeScript using Drizzle ORM and frameworks like Hono, Elysia, or Express, with Docker and Linux, delivering production-ready SaaS and enterprise features with minimal supervision.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Cairo, Egypt
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Backend
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- TypeScript
- Frontend experience with one or more of: React, Next.js, TanStack Start
- Backend experience with one or more of: Hono, Elysia, Express
- PostgreSQL
- Drizzle ORM
- Designing relational database schemas, writing efficient queries, and optimizing database performance
- REST APIs
- ORPC APIs
- Docker
- Linux
- Work independently with little to no day-to-day technical guidance
- Translate functional requirements into technical solutions
Nice to have
- Rust
- C#
- Better Auth or equivalent authentication frameworks
Full description
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join our engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing and developing complete backend features, including database design, business logic, APIs, and integrations for modern SaaS products, enterprise web applications, and data platforms.
This is a hands-on engineering position. We are looking for someone who enjoys building software, solving technical challenges, and delivering production-ready features with minimal supervision.
If you’re the type of engineer who can take a feature from requirements to deployment independently, we’d love to hear from you.
Responsibilities
- Own backend features from technical design through implementation and delivery.
- Design and implement scalable backend services using TypeScript.
- Design and maintain PostgreSQL database schemas using Drizzle ORM.
- Develop REST and ORPC APIs.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical and architectural challenges as they arise.
- Optimize application and database performance.
- Collaborate with frontend-developers and other engineers to deliver complete solutions.
- Review your own work to ensure production readiness.
- Occasionally mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance.
What We’re Looking For
The ideal candidate is capable of working independently with little to no day-to-day technical guidance.
You should be comfortable:
Translating functional requirements into technical solutions.
Designing database schemas and backend architecture for new features.
Breaking down features into implementation tasks.
Delivering complete backend functionality independently.
Proactively identifying risks, edge cases, and potential improvements.
This role is for a feature owner, not someone who requires continuous direction throughout implementation.
Requirements
Required Skills & Experience
Programming Language
TypeScript (required)
Frontend
Experience with one or more of:
React
Next.js
TanStack Start
Backend
Experience with one or more of:
Hono
Elysia
Express
Database
PostgreSQL
Drizzle ORM
You should be comfortable designing relational database schemas, writing efficient queries, and optimizing database performance.