Senior Backend Engineer (TypeScript) [Prisma Postgres]

Overview

Prisma Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Senior Backend Engineer (TypeScript) (Prisma Postgres) at Prisma

At Prisma, we’re redefining how developers work with databases. If you’re fascinated by the cutting-edge data infrastructure powering companies like Twitter, Airbnb, and Facebook, but want the agility, ownership, and impact of a fast-moving startup, Prisma is the place for you.

Backed by top-tier Silicon Valley investors like Amplify Partners, Kleiner Perkins, and IVP, our small, distributed team is making advanced database technology accessible to developers everywhere. Our open-source tools are trusted by over 400,000 developers each month, with a thriving community on Discord and GitHub, where we’ve earned 43,000+ GitHub Stars. At the heart of our commercial offerings is Prisma Postgres, our flagship product designed to supercharge PostgreSQL with modern developer workflows, performance optimizations, and seamless scaling. Alongside it, Prisma Accelerate, and Studio, provide a world-class toolkit for building with data. By combining the power of open-source with cutting-edge commercial solutions, we’re shaping the future of databases, one developer at a time.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and deploy a websocket server that will allow customers to connect to Prisma Postgres from WASM environments where TCP connections are unavailable.
• Work closely with the ORM team to define the protocol of that server so they can implement the client adapter.
• Choose and deploy a globally distributed configuration store (like etcd, rqlite) for encrypted authentication secrets to enable global routing for Prisma Postgres.
• Work together with an infra engineer to improve automation of our bare metal servers with the goal to reduce the provisioning time of new servers.
• Troubleshoot and fix a bug where a customer experiences sporadic connectivity issues.

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Remote Work

To ensure effective collaboration we can currently only accept candidates within the timezone GMT -2 to GMT +3 for this position.

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In line with our Fair Treatment and Equal Opportunity Policy and Disability Policy, Prisma follows fair and merit-based hiring practices. We evaluate all candidates based on skills, experience and qualifications, and do not discriminate on age, race, ethnicity, sex or gender identity, parental or caregiver status, trade union membership, disability, religious belief or lack thereof, life expectancy, sexual orientation, genetic information, or veteran / military status.

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