Senior Backend Engineer

Agora is a leading SaaS and FinTech platform transforming how real estate investment firms manage their capital investors and operations. Trusted by 800 GPs owners/operators and investment firms globally we help teams streamline the full lifecycle of investment management.

But were more than just software. Were a team of bold thinkers innovators and real estate enthusiasts who believe complex processes should feel simple. Our platform combines modern technology with expert services helping our customers raise more capital deliver a better investor experience and scale their businesses smarter.

Agora is backed by top-tier VCs like Insight Partners and Qumra Capital and were growing fast. Weve been named one of Globes Most Promising Startups recognized as a Best Start-Up Companies to Work For by Duns 100 and one of Business Insiders Hottest PropTech Startups.

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Backend Infrastructure team. In this high-impact role you will be pivotal in shaping the foundations that enable all of Agoras developers to build and ship software effectively. You will be responsible for designing building and owning the scalable backend services that form our core infrastructuresuch as authentication data pipelines public APIs and asynchronous job systems. You will also champion our Developer Experience (DevEx) by creating common libraries building internal tools and setting engineering best practices. This role requires leading complex technical projects from architecture to deployment driving improvements in platform scalability and performance and collaborating closely with other engineering teams DevOps and Product to deliver foundational solutions that move the needle.

About the Backend Infrastructure team

The Backend Infrastructure team is on a mission to build the reliable scalable and efficient foundations that power Agora. We focus on enhancing Developer Experience (DevEx) by providing robust tools setting engineering best practices and owning core services like authentication data pipelines and CI/CD. We ensure the platform can grow reliably by working in close collaboration with DevOps and all development teams. As a senior member of this team youll be pivotal in shaping the technical backbone that supports our entire engineering organization.

Agora Software is an equal-opportunity employer. Consistent with our mission of serving a diverse and global audience we value a diverse workforce and inclusive culture which reflects that. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression age national origin marital status disability and veteran status.

Requirements:

• 7 years of hands-on experience in backend development
• Strong proficiency in and TypeScript - Must
• Proven experience with both relational (e.g. MySQL PostgreSQL) and non-relational (e.g. MongoDB) databases.
• Experience designing building and maintaining scalable high-availability and robust production-grade systems.
• Expertise in developing secure production-grade APIs and backend services for web applications.
• Experience in designing and developing complex systems while collaborating with multiple stakeholders (e.g. product other engineering teams DevOps).
• A collaborative team player with a passion for empowering other engineers.
• Fluent English speaker (verbal and written communication is a must)
• . in Computer Science or military equivalent certifications

Advantages

• Experience building internal tools or platforms for other developers
• Familiarity with modern frameworks like NestJS and monorepo tools like Nx.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines Docker Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code tools