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Backend Engineer (Node.js / NestJS) at Outlive

  • Full-time
  • Remote, Worldwide
  • $100k - $175k yearly

Backend Engineer (Node.js / NestJS)

Responsibilities:

  • Design and implement backend services using NestJS (v11) and TypeScript
  • Build secure, well-validated REST APIs using zod, class-validator, and OpenAPI
  • Implement role-based access control and JWT validation using Google Identity
  • Model and manage relational data using Prisma and Postgres
  • Implement background jobs and async workflows using Cloud Tasks
  • Integrate with external services (OCR, scheduling APIs, third-party data sources)
  • Ensure observability through structured logging, metrics, and Sentry
  • Write unit and integration tests using Jest
  • Collaborate closely with frontend and infra engineers on system design and deployment

Skills:

  • 5+ years of backend engineering experience
  • Strong experience with Node.js and TypeScript
  • Production experience with NestJS or similar structured backend frameworks
  • Experience designing APIs and data models for complex domains
  • Familiarity with relational databases and ORMs
  • Strong security mindset, especially around auth and data access
  • Experience optimizing Postgres data interactions
  • Strong familiarity with building distributed systems, related practical design considerations, and patterns for scaling such systems in the cloud

Benefits:

  • 💼 100% employer-paid medical, vision, and dental insurance (multiple plans available)
  • 💼 100% employer-paid life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability insurance
  • 💼 Employer-sponsored HSA contributions for HDHP medical plans
  • 💼 Additional HSA and FSA spending account plans for employees
  • 💼 401(k) with a 5% company match
  • 💼 Generous PTO and holiday schedule
  • 💼 Company-issued technology and work-from-home stipend
  • 💼 A chance to shape a product, and a company, from the ground up
  • 💼 The opportunity to work at the forefront of health and longevity science with a team of world-class professionals dedicated to precision, mastery, and excellence

Salary:

$100k - $175k yearly

Published 5 days ago • Expires March 01, 2026 08:07