Senior Backend Engineer (TypeScript/Convex)

Senior Backend Engineer (TypeScript/Convex) AI + Infrastructure + iOS/Core ML Full-Time — Addis Ababa Pay: $9/hour (with room to grow fast) About the Role We’re a fast-moving team building production AI-enabled apps, and we’re looking for a backend-heavy engineer to help us scale. You’ll own our backend systems in TypeScript + Convex, build services in Go/Python, and collaborate closely with frontend and iOS engineers shipping real products to users. What You’ll Do - Build and maintain backend services using TypeScript + Convex - Design clean APIs and data models that power the product - Deploy and run services on Linux, with strong uptime and reliability - Work with reverse proxies, networking, and high-availability setups - Support large iOS apps and integrate Core ML features in Swift - Use AI tools (LLMs) to move faster while keeping quality high What We’re Looking For - Strong backend experience with TypeScript - Convex experience (or ability to ramp quickly) - Comfortable with Go + Python - Production infrastructure basics: Linux, proxies, networking - Able to support iOS build workflows + Core ML integration - Startup mindset: ownership, speed, and teamwork Nice to Have - Real-time/reactive systems experience - Docker, CI/CD, scaling + security best practices Tech Stack TypeScript, Convex, Go, Python, Linux, Next.js, Swift, Core ML Requirements - Strong backend experience with TypeScript - Production infrastructure basics: Linux, proxies, networking - Able to support iOS build workflows + Core ML integration - Startup mindset: ownership, speed, and teamwork