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TULU is an IoT-powered smart-access platform revolutionizing how people access products in their homes and buildings. The company operates in 55+ cities across North America and Europe, serving 200,000+ households with 35%+ QoQ growth, backed by $40M+ in funding.
You will join a small, focused R&D team as a senior backend engineer with meaningful ownership over a growing product. From day one, you'll lead technical thinking in the backend domain, designing and implementing core infrastructure that powers TULU's smart devices and mobile applications. You'll drive improvements across performance, reliability, and architecture. As the team expands, you'll naturally transition into a tech lead role—mentoring developers, establishing engineering standards, and contributing to the roadmap.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys being hands-on, solving real product challenges, and collaborating closely with product, mobile, and hardware engineers, while also having the desire and capability to step into leadership as the company scales.
Key Responsibilities:
- Take ownership of backend architecture and integrations across TULU's platform, from cloud to IoT devices
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems and APIs using Node.js (TypeScript preferred)
- Collaborate daily with frontend, mobile (Flutter), hardware, and QA engineers
- Guide and mentor junior developers on technical and professional growth
- Work closely with VP R&D to shape technical strategy and make architectural decisions
- Introduce and use AI and automation tools to improve code quality, development speed, and system intelligence
- Continuously improve tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring practices
Requirements:
- 6–10 years of backend-focused engineering experience with proven track record of building and scaling complex systems
- Success across at least 2 fast-paced startup environments, demonstrating adaptability and impact
- Extensive experience with Node.js, including TypeORM, RESTful API development, and scalable system architecture
- Proven experience building and maintaining distributed, cloud-based systems
- Strong understanding of how backend systems support mobile applications and the mobile app lifecycle
- Strong experience with AWS or GCP
- Good understanding of frontend principles (React, Flutter, or similar frameworks)
- Practical familiarity with AI tools and APIs—using LLMs or AI services to enhance workflows, build smarter features, or automate processes
- Solid understanding of CI/CD, testing, and performance optimization
- Strong communication skills and ability to work closely with cross-functional teammates
- Ability to balance speed and quality—delivering features fast without compromising reliability
- Passion for mentoring and gradually taking on leadership responsibilities
