Help build and maintain robust, scalable back-end systems for next-generation SEO and marketing tools.
About Nightwatch
Nightwatch is a bootstrapped SaaS company creating forward-thinking tools for internet professionals. We believe small, agile teams are the future—eschewing the corporate 9-to-5 in favor of autonomy, flexibility, and high-impact work. Our globally distributed team values personal growth, education, and collaboration while delivering innovative solutions to our users.
Schedule
- Fully remote, flexible full-time or part-time role
- Set your own working hours from anywhere in the world
- Minimal meetings, Kanban workflow, and daily Slack updates
- Two weekly video calls for planning and progress updates
What You’ll Do
- Build performant, well-tested APIs and back-end systems
- Design efficient data flows and robust concurrent background job systems
- Maintain and improve existing architecture, including migration to scalable streaming (Kafka + ClickHouse)
- Work with Linux, PostgreSQL, Redis, Ansible, AWS (S3, EC2, CloudFront), Grafana, Kafka, ClickHouse
- Implement and monitor automated tests across the stack
- Own subsystems from inception to production deployment
What You Need
- Advanced programming experience in two or more languages (Go, Ruby, JavaScript, Python, Bash)
- Experience with Ruby on Rails and functional programming concepts
- Strong Linux shell skills and server setup/deployment experience
- Solid SQL and relational database knowledge (PostgreSQL preferred)
- Understanding of concurrency patterns and message queues
- Fluent English communication (written and spoken)
- Clear, concise documentation skills
- Nice to have: Docker, serverless/Lambda, high-volume data pipelines, MapReduce patterns, and front-end experience with frameworks like Ember.js or React.js
Benefits
- 100% remote with full scheduling flexibility
- Generous vacation policy, family- and travel-friendly environment
- Team-building events worldwide
- Collaborative, low-overhead development culture with daily deployments
- Opportunity to work on challenging architecture and high-performance systems
Be part of a team where you own your work, contribute to impactful tools, and enjoy the freedom of a remote-first culture.
Happy Hunting,
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