Backend Engineer, Chromatic

• 5+ years of hands-on backend engineering experience building scalable, resilient APIs and systems with modern JS/TS, with a test-driven approach
• Self-directed problem solver who can scope work, communicate progress, flag blockers early, and make sound technical and product trade-offs independently while staying aligned with stakeholders
• Strong opinions, weakly held—someone who pushes back on ideas to drive better outcomes, handles critique without defensiveness, and demonstrates a growth mindset
• Clear written and verbal communicator who provides straightforward, self-contained updates with necessary context in our distributed, asynchronous environment
• Focused executor who stays accountable to commitments, resists distractions, and delivers consistent progress even when things don't go as planned
• Genuinely invested in developer experience, whether you've shipped tools for developers or spent years deeply understanding frontend teams' pain points
• We understand that even the best candidates might not meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re excited about Chromatic’s mission and want to grow your skills, we’d love to hear from you

Desirable

• We're seeking a backend engineer to contribute towards the Chromatic Platform API, which powers our web app, CLI, internal services, and Storybook add-ons
• Thousands of developers and stakeholders rely on this API, which powers our UI Tests, UI Review workflows, and other features—all to ensure their frontends are regression-free
• This resilient and scalable platform API is built with NodeJS, Typescript, Express, Apollo GraphQL, and MongoDB
• Build and maintain scalable, reliable backend systems to power the Chromatic product
• Own projects from conception to completion, breaking down features into discrete units of work and maintaining momentum toward delivery
• Work cross-functionally at Chromatic to ensure feature continuity between Chromatic and Storybook and ship work that delights developers
• Continuously improve existing systems by identifying opportunities for optimization, refactoring, and modernization
• Participate in the team's support rotation, which is primarily within business hours
• Stay ahead of emerging trends in frontend architecture and developer tooling, identifying opportunities to enhance the platform