Software Engineer – Backend & DevOps

Sourgum is transforming the $100B waste and recycling industry through cutting-edge technology that makes waste removal simpler smarter and more cost-effective. Our innovative haulsourcing platform powers high-quality waste and recycling services for businesses at significantly lower costssaving our customers an average of 20%. Leveraging proprietary datasets an advanced operating system and a carefully curated network of 5000 trusted vendors we help companies of all shapes and sizes streamline their operations while advancing sustainability efforts.

Were a fast-growing venture-backed company (just closed our Series A!) on a mission to modernize an outdated industry and were just getting started. Our investors include Spark Capital Founder Collective Suffolk Technologies 186 Ventures and River Park Ventures the same funds that backed category-defining companies like Slack Anthropic Uber Venmo and Amazon Pharmacy.

If youre driven by the opportunity to build something groundbreaking wed love to meet you.

The Role:

Were growing quickly and looking for a Backend Engineer whos passionate about building scalable systems and enjoys bridging the gap between backend development and DevOps infrastructure. If you love working across services solving complex problems and shipping code that directly impacts real-world operations we want to meet you.

What youll be doing:

• Design build and maintain backend services and APIs using and TypeScript

• Collaborate with frontend engineers (React) to build clean reliable integrations across the stack

• Manage and optimize PostgreSQL databases for performance scalability and reliability

• Develop infrastructure and deployment automation on AWS and GCP

• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling for faster safer releases

• Monitor and improve system performance uptime and observability

• Work cross-functionally with product design and operations to turn requirements into production-ready features

• Help evolve our architecture as we scale to handle increasing traffic and data
  

The qualifications you need:

• 3 years of experience as a backend or full-stack engineer

• Strong proficiency with and TypeScript

• Experience building and maintaining RESTful or GraphQL APIs

• Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases

• Solid understanding of AWS and/or GCP infrastructure

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines containerization (Docker) and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform or similar)

• Comfort working in a collaborative startup environment taking ownership and moving quickly

• Strong communication skills and a mindset of continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Company stock options as part of your compensation package giving you the opportunity to share in our companys success and build long-term financial growth.

• A positive and collaborative work environment with a focus on innovation and sustainability.

• Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance (medical dental vision LTD Life Insurance etc.) retirement plans (401K) and paid time off.

• Access to hundreds of gyms studios and wellness appsall through one easy membership provided by your Wellhub.

• yearly Personal Development Budget

• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement within a growing company.