Backend Engineer (Remote, Contract)

About the role

We are looking for a skilled Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain high‑performance backend services for innovative digital products. This fully remote contract position offers the chance to work alongside top‑tier engineers in a fast‑moving, expert environment.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs that meet strict performance and reliability standards.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to translate business requirements into technical specifications.
• Optimize systems for security, efficiency, and seamless user experiences.
• Write clean, well‑documented, and thoroughly tested code following best engineering practices.
• Participate in code reviews, mentoring, and knowledge‑sharing sessions.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues, focusing on root‑cause analysis and continuous improvement.
• Contribute to architecture discussions, bringing innovative and solution‑oriented ideas.

Required profile

• Minimum 3 years of professional backend development experience.
• Proven ability to design and implement RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Strong understanding of relational and NoSQL databases and data modeling.
• Experience with system security, authentication, and authorization best practices.
• Comfortable working in a fully remote, fast‑paced team.

Required skills

• Modern backend programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, Go, Node.js)
• RESTful API design and microservices architecture
• Relational databases (SQL) and NoSQL databases
• Data modeling principles
• System security, authentication, and authorization
• Cloud platforms: AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes
• Event‑driven or serverless architectures (preferred)
• CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks (preferred)