Run migrations on live systems without downtime or data loss, including the large and awkward ones.

Build data governance into the platform

Implement retention, deletion, and minimization as enforced mechanisms, and verify they reach derived data, replicas, caches, and backups.

Build access control and audit logging that scope and record access to sensitive data as a byproduct of normal operation.

Produce the evidence that compliance obligations require directly from the systems, rather than reconstructing it by hand.

Partner with security and GRC to turn contractual and regulatory commitments into technical controls that hold.

Build for multiple regions

Design and extend region-aware architecture: routing, storage, replication, and failover.

Enforce data residency in the platform, so a row that must stay in a region cannot leave it through an ordinary code path.

Handle the operational reality of multi-region — consistency, latency, deploys, and debugging something that only reproduces in one region.

Own the API surface

Design public APIs that are coherent, predictable, and pleasant to integrate against.

Own versioning, deprecation, and backwards compatibility. Customers do not upgrade on your schedule.

Build the authentication, authorization, rate limiting, and idempotency behavior that production APIs need.

Operate and enable

Operate what you build, and debug complex issues across services, data, and infrastructure.

Build internal tooling and admin surfaces that give the rest of the company visibility into the platform.

Improve reliability, observability, testing, and deployment. Review code and raise the technical bar.

What We're Looking For

Work authorization required: Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future need for visa sponsorship.

You do not need to match every bullet. We care most about breadth, pragmatism, and comfort working against systems you don't control.

• 5+ years building and operating production backend systems.
• Deep PostgreSQL experience — schema design, query optimization, and migrations on live systems with real data.
• Strong backend skills in Go, Node.js, Python, Java, or similar, plus enough frontend ability to build internal tooling in React or a comparable framework.
• Experience designing and maintaining APIs used by real customers, including the versioning and compatibility discipline that entails.
• Hands-on cloud experience, AWS preferred, including storage, IAM, and encryption primitives.
• Experience handling sensitive or regulated data where access control, retention, and deletion were hard requirements rather than aspirations.
• Judgment about correctness: idempotency, safe retries, failure handling, and the failure modes that only appear under load.
• Clear communication and good judgment in a remote, cross-functional team.

Bonus Points

• Experience building or operating multi-region or data-residency-constrained systems.
• Experience with multi-tenant isolation at the data layer.
• Experience with biometric privacy regimes such as BIPA or GDPR, as an implementer.
• Experience in a SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similarly audited environment.
• Experience with identity, authentication, account recovery, fraud prevention, fintech, or security products.
• Strong production incident, observability, or reliability experience.

What We Value

• High ownership. You see what needs doing and do it.
• Technical judgment. You make systems simpler, safer, and easier to operate.
• Speed with care. We move quickly because attackers move quickly, but we do not cut corners on trust or security.
• Kindness and integrity. Trust starts with how we work with each other.

Culture & Perks

At Nametag, we believe trust starts with how we treat each other. We're a remote-first team that values autonomy, inclusivity, and collaboration, with regular in-person time to stay connected and innovate together.

• Remote-first: Work from anywhere in the US. Our team spans Seattle, San Francisco, Ann Arbor, Denver, New York City, and beyond.
• Off-sites: We bring the team together once per quarter for in-person collaboration, often off-site in new places.
• Flexible schedules: Work in your own time zone; we align key meetings across a shared window.

We Offer

• Competitive salary at $120,000-$190,000, depending on exp.
• Meaningful equity ownership
• Comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision)
• Flexible paid time off
• Quarterly team off-sites and travel support
• New computer hardware and equipment
• An inclusive environment where your voice has impact and your work drives change