Backend Software Engineer

3 days ago


Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Triba Health Full time
Job Description

Triba Health is a digital health company that aims to revolutionize Type 2 Diabetes management through a scalable, white-labeled, multi-tenant health platform. We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to take ownership of our backend architecture, optimizing data flows and ensuring seamless multi-tenant operations.

About the Role
  • We are seeking a highly skilled Backend Engineer to join our team and play a critical role in defining our backend architecture and implementing event-driven workflows.
  • The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and authentication & security best practices.
  • Experience with tRPC, Apollo GraphQL, Vercel hosting, and Supabase is a plus.
Key Responsibilities
  1. Implement multi-tenancy architecture in tRPC with dynamic tenant-based data access.
  2. Design async backend processes with Inngest and integrate GetStream, calendar scheduling tools, and other external services.
  3. Optimize API contracts between frontend and backend, ensuring efficient scaling.
Requirements
  • Solid proficiency in TypeScript and Node.js.
  • Strong expertise in authentication & security (OAuth, JWT, role-based access control).
  • Experience working with event-driven architectures.
  • Hands-on experience with Vercel hosting & optimizing serverless deployments.


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