Senior Backend Engineer at InspHire
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Jul 19, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A backend engineering role focused on building and scaling SaaS applications that handle high-volume, multi-user traffic. Day-to-day work involves Node.js and TypeScript development, database and code performance optimization, AWS infrastructure, and end-to-end feature delivery with PostgreSQL. The role also requires hands-on use of AI coding assistants as a routine part of the engineering workflow, and suits an experienced developer comfortable contributing to architectural decisions.
Senior level · 6+ years · Remote
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 26,400 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 15,800–39,600
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The job title is 'Backend Developer' with no seniority level in the title, so advertised seniority is Unspecified; however, the 'What They Offer' section describes it as 'a senior engineering role,' and the 6+ years requirement with architectural ownership supports a Senior classification.
Location is not specified anywhere in the posting — no city, country, or remote/on-site statement is given. The role has been defaulted to the US-based flag of true and remote=true given the absence of any location constraint, but this is uncertain.
AI coding assistants (Cursor, Claude) are explicitly called out as 'mandatory' in the Requirements section. Cursor is listed as the primary skill name with Claude in alternatives, as both are cited as interchangeable examples of the same requirement.
React is listed under Requirements as a 'working knowledge' / 'ability to implement and extend' — a softer framing, but it sits in the hard Requirements section and is presented as a genuine gate for the role.
Snowflake, observability/monitoring tools, and event-driven/distributed systems experience all appear under the 'Nice to have' section and are marked as preferred accordingly.
Compensation is described only as 'competitive' with no figures provided.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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