Position:
Senior Backend / Integrations Engineer
Client:
Enterprise SaaS / AIOps Platform (Name Veiled)
Engagement Type:
Contract
Location:
Remote
(Preference: East Coast / Central time overlap)
Start Date:
ASAP
Level:
Senior
Role Overview Our client is a leading company in the IT operations and incident management space, providing a platform for automation, monitoring, and system reliability, is now looking for a Senior Backend / Integrations Engineer to design and build scalable integrations and data pipelines connecting the platform with various external systems. This role focuses on API integrations, event-driven architectures, and data normalization
, ensuring reliable and efficient data flow across distributed systems.
The platform also incorporates
AI-assisted development workflows and AI-driven features
, where engineers may contribute to
prompt design, automation logic, and AI-enhanced processing layers
Key Responsibilities
• Design and build scalable integrations with external enterprise systems
• Develop event-driven architectures (webhooks, polling, streaming, API orchestration)
• Implement backend services using Node.js and cloud infrastructure (AWS)
• Process and normalize high-volume, real-time data flows
• Support AI-assisted product features, including:
• prompt design and optimization
• AI-driven automation workflows
• Ensure reliability of integration pipelines in production environments
• Handle API versioning, schema changes, rate limits, and backward compatibility
• Build and maintain testing pipelines (unit, integration, staging)
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and customer-facing teams
• Troubleshoot complex cross-system integration issues
• Maintain technical documentation of integrations and workflows
Requirements
• 5–7+ years as a Backend / Integrations Engineer
• Strong experience with Node.js or similar backend stacks - Node.js is preferable
• Experience with REST APIs, webhooks, and distributed systems
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools (Copilot, Cursor, Claude, etc.)
• Understanding of prompt engineering basics
• Experience with event-driven architecture
• Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
• Strong debugging and system troubleshooting skills
• Experience delivering features end-to-end (design → production)
• Comfortable working in complex distributed environments
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical teams
Nice to Have
• Experience with enterprise integrations (ITSM, monitoring, collaboration tools)
• Familiarity with authentication protocols (OAuth, SAML, API keys)
• Knowledge of data formats (JSON, XML)