Remote Backend Engineer - Email Delivery Infrastructure at Scale
Summary
Backend engineer (MTA) at Lever, Inc. building and operating high-volume email delivery infrastructure — SMTP delivery, routing, retries, throttling and delivery controls — in collaboration with Trust & Safety and Core Sending teams, with emphasis on reliability, observability and scalable design. Fully remote, based in the Netherlands, with occasional travel for off-sites.
Lever, Inc. is seeking a Backend Engineer (MTA) based in the Netherlands to build and operate backend infrastructure powering high-volume email delivery.
You will own systems for SMTP delivery, routing, retries, throttling, and delivery controls while collaborating with Trust & Safety and Core Sending teams. The role emphasizes reliability, observability, and scalable design, with a fully remote setup and occasional travel for team off-sites and events.
