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Senior Backend Engineer

Remote · Full-time

Design and build the data pipelines, edge functions, and APIs that power Heed's tax intelligence engine. You'll work with Postgres, Deno, and real-time event systems at scale.

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Where this role sits in the work

  1. 01FindThis role

    Crawlers read gazettes and tax authority sites in their own languages, and match each change to the people it touches.

  2. 02Check

  3. 03Explain

  4. 04Reach

What you'll do

  1. 01Architect and maintain Supabase Edge Functions (Deno/TypeScript) that power tax change ingestion, alerting, and scenario analysis
  2. 02Design and optimise Postgres schemas for multi-jurisdiction tax data with RLS policies
  3. 03Build queue-based email delivery and real-time notification pipelines
  4. 04Integrate third-party APIs (Paddle billing, AI models, government data sources)
  5. 05Own reliability: monitoring, error handling, and graceful degradation across all backend services

What we're looking for

  1. 015+ years backend engineering experience with TypeScript or JavaScript
  2. 02Strong PostgreSQL skills: query optimisation, migrations, row-level security
  3. 03Experience with serverless/edge compute (Deno, Cloudflare Workers, or similar)
  4. 04Comfortable working in a fast-moving startup with minimal process
  5. 05Clear written communication. We're async-first and remote

Nice to have

  1. 01Familiarity with Supabase or Firebase ecosystem
  2. 02Prior fintech, regtech, or tax-domain experience
  3. 03Experience with AI/LLM integration in production systems

Interested?

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