We’re building a high-load private social platform where quality, performance, and stability matter as much as product taste. You’ll work on the core backend powering dating, networking, subscriptions, moderation, and real-time interactions — with real users, real scale, and zero room for sloppy engineering.

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What you will do

— Design and develop core business logic and backend services

— Work with databases at scale (PostgreSQL, ClickHouse)

— Integrate third-party services and internal systems

— Improve performance, stability, and system scalability under high load

— Write and maintain tests to ensure correctness and reliability

— Set up and maintain servers, cloud infrastructure, and configuration management

— Build observability: logs, metrics, monitoring, error tracking

— Coordinate backend releases and deployments

— Implement and maintain security best practices across the stack

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Tech stack

— JavaScript

— NodeJS

— PostgreSQL, Redis

— BullMQ

— Impress

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What we expect

— Strong backend experience with JavaScript / Node.js

— Deep understanding of Linux

— Solid knowledge of TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, and networking fundamentals

— Experience designing and operating complex distributed systems

— Excellent SQL skills, including query optimization and indexing

— Deep understanding of PostgreSQL architecture

— Experience with Redis, queues (BullMQ), background jobs

— Hands-on experience with Kubernetes

— Experience with Kafka + Debezium

— Ability to think in systems, not just features

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Nice to have

— Familiarity with the Metarhia technology stack

— Experience with Centrifugal or real-time systems

— Experience in high-load consumer products (social, marketplace, fintech, etc.)

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Why 88date

— Real product with real users, not experiments

— High standards, small team, real ownership

— Focus on quality, privacy, and long-term architecture

— Opportunity to shape the technical foundation of a growing private social club

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hello@88date.co