Senior Backend Engineer

Compass is an open-source weekly calendar built for ambitious minimalists. It helps software engineers reclaim control of their time through structure and community. We’re on a mission to help 188M men reach their potential by 2035. Phase 1: build a system that 100 male software engineers deeply love.

We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to own key features and infra improvements. This is a contractor role with flexible hours, async communication (mostly GitHub), and minimal meetings. You’ll be joining as teammate #3.

Stack: TypeScript, Node, Express, MongoDB, Zod, Google Cloud Platform

Example projects:

• Finish support for recurring events using RRule
• Add syncing for all Google sub-calendars
• Start integrations with Apple and Microsoft Calendar
• Split monolith into microservices (integration, messaging, maintenance)

You’ll thrive here if you:

• Love working independently and shipping clean, tested code
• Have built real REST APIs and enjoy backend infrastructure
• Care about creating tools that make people better
• Prefer shipping value over perfection
• Communicate well in writing and enjoy working without meetings