# Staff Backend Engineer at Nango

- Company: Nango
- What the company does: Connect your product & AI agents with 1,000+ APIs. Build, run, and maintain integrations with AI in code, on infrastructure built for scale. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://nango.dev
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: USA
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $140K to $220K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-06-04
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/nango/8f6da27a-07e1-4071-8310-0a4f432e34ea
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/nango-staff-backend-engineer/

## About the role

Design and scale backend systems, APIs, and services for our open-source platform. Build world-class developer interfaces: APIs, SDKs, UIs, and a runtime that delights developers.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years (senior-level) or 10+ years (staff-level) of backend engineering experience, with proven ability to scale high-traffic systems
- Deep experience with developer infrastructure, APIs, databases, and performance-critical systems
- Passion for developer tools, best practices, and building outstanding DX
- Comfortable with Node.js and modern backend stacks
- Strong communicator, proactive, and reliable in a remote-first environment
- Product mindset and developer empathy: you optimize for DX

Tags: Engineering