Seeking new Backend Engineer opportunities after recent layoffs and burnout

I survived the recent mass layoffs at my company, which affected about 5% of the workforce, but my team took a much harder hit. Most of my colleagues are gone, and now I'm left trying to manage the workload of five people with just one person. It's overwhelming. I'm on-call every week instead of just once a month, and I'm dealing with half-finished projects from teammates who were let go mid-sprint. Whenever something goes wrong in production, it's just me scrambling to fix it without any support. I keep hearing that I should feel lucky to still have a job, and while that's true, I'm doing the work of an entire team for the same pay. It's not sustainable, and I'm starting to feel the burnout creeping in. I'm actively looking for new opportunities before I reach that breaking point. I have over three years of experience as a Backend Engineer and I'm skilled in several programming languages and frameworks, including Ruby, Python, and Go. I also have experience with various data and infrastructure tools like PostgreSQL and AWS. I'm open to remote work or relocating for the right position. My notice period is between 45 to 60 days. If you know of any companies hiring or can offer a referral, I would greatly appreciate it.

Job title: Backend Engineer

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