About OCUS

In the digital age, images are a crucial driving force for online businesses, along with effective search and seamless payments.

While search and checkouts are already well served, scaling imagery operations for high volume, quality, and speed is still difficult, expensive and time-consuming.

That’s where OCUS comes in. As a visual-tech company, we provide an end-to-end solution that handle imagery lifecycle from real-world photography to AI-based visual moderation and editing.

Join us today and be a driving force behind the future of imagery!

Your mission

As a Lead Backend Engineer, you will:

• Lead the Backend team

• Work with the Engineering Manager and Product Manager to define sprints and priorities

• Lead backend architectural decisions and improvements

• Design, develop, and maintain robust backend systems

• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic

• Build scalable and secure APIs that power our platform

• Optimize application performance and ensure high availability

• Mentor junior developers and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Lead Backend Engineer who:

• Has a minimum of 7 years of experience in back-end development

• Strong experience with Node.js, NestJS, TypeScript and PostgreSQL

• Understands fundamental design principles behind scalable applications

• Has experience with API development and RESTful services

• Thrives in a collaborative and fast-paced environment

• Has excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail

• Excellent communication with non-technical collaborators

• Bonus points if you have experience as team leader

• First, a screening call with our hiring manager

• Then a technical interview including a peer programming with a technical manager from Ocus

• Call with our CEO

• Reference check