A digital studio making world-class products, platforms & systems.
Backend Engineer – Freelance
Location
Texas
Posted
12 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Backend Engineer – Freelance
Make - letsMake.com | A studio making world-class products, platforms & systems 💯
• Join a team of AI-first engineers • Build and maintain backend services using TypeScript and Node.js • Integrate backend functionality with third-party APIs and external data services • Write clean, readable, and well-tested code • Use AI tools daily to streamline development, debugging, refactoring, and documentation workflows without compromising quality • Work closely with other engineers in a remote-first environment, proactively communicating progress, blockers, and risks • Identify issues proactively, spotting bugs, performance bottlenecks, or architectural risks early and taking ownership of solutions
Job Requirements
- +5 years of backend experience
- +2 years of Node experience
- An AI-first mindset
- Hands-on experience using Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex
- Hands-on experience building at least one large-scale system from scratch
- Excellent communication skills and comfort working in an asynchronous, remote environment
- A proactive, ownership-driven mindset: you see problems, raise them early, and help solve them
- Comfort operating in a 100% operational role, managing priorities and complexity independently
Benefits
- Full-time availability is required ( Aug through Dec 2026)
Related Guides
Related Job Pages
More Backend Engineer Jobs
Role Description Estamos buscando 4 Fullstack Developers Semi Senior para integrarse a un proyecto remoto con uno de nuestros clientes del sector de hospitalidad y gestión hotelera. El proyecto tiene una duración inicial de 3 meses, con altas posibilidades de extensión. Formarás parte del equipo de producto participando en el desarrollo de nuevas funcionalidades para una plataforma basada en Nuxt en el frontend y .NET/Blazor en el backend, integrándose con APIs propietarias y soluciones especializadas para la industria hotelera. - Desarrollar y mantener funcionalidades del frontend utilizando Nuxt (Vue.js). - Desarrollar componentes y lógica de negocio en .NET y Blazor. - Diseñar, desarrollar y consumir APIs REST. - Trabajar con SQL Server como base de datos principal y colaborar en la futura migración hacia PostgreSQL. - Integrar la plataforma con APIs propietarias, incluyendo sistemas PMS y Channel Managers. - Colaborar utilizando GitHub para control de versiones y Jira para la administración de tareas. - Participar en despliegues y mantenimiento de soluciones alojadas en AWS. - Participar en revisiones de código, documentación técnica y mejora continua. - Colaborar estrechamente con equipos de Producto, Diseño y Negocio para desarrollar soluciones de alta calidad. Qualifications - Experiencia mínima de 4 años comprobable como Fullstack Developer Semi Senior. - Dominio de Nuxt (Vue.js) para desarrollo frontend. - Experiencia desarrollando aplicaciones con .NET y Blazor. - Experiencia desarrollando y consumiendo APIs REST. - Conocimientos sólidos en SQL Server. - Experiencia trabajando con GitHub y Jira. - Experiencia desplegando o manteniendo aplicaciones en AWS. - Capacidad para incorporarse a un proyecto remoto de 3 meses con posibilidad de extensión. Requirements - Deseable conocimientos o experiencia con PostgreSQL. - Experiencia en migraciones de bases de datos de SQL Server hacia PostgreSQL. - Experiencia integrando sistemas PMS, Channel Managers o plataformas del sector hotelero. - Experiencia utilizando herramientas de IA para desarrollo como GitHub Copilot o Claude Code. Benefits - Ubicación: LATAM - Modalidad: 100% remoto. - Duración del proyecto: 3 meses con posibilidad de extensión. - Rango salarial: 2000 a 2200 USD - 🚀 Integración a marcas globales y startups disruptivas. - 📍 Modalidad híbrida - ⏳ Horario ajustado a la célula de trabajo/proyecto asignado. - 📅 Trabajo de lunes a viernes. - ⚖️ Beneficios legales (aplican para México). - 🎉 Día off en tu cumpleaños. - 🏥 Seguro de gastos médicos mayores (aplica para México). - 🛡️ Seguro de vida (aplica para México). - 🌎 Equipos de trabajo multiculturales. - 🎓 Acceso a cursos y certificaciones. - 📢 Meetups con invitados especiales del área de IT. - 📡 Eventos virtuales de integración y grupos de interés. - 📢 Clases de inglés. - 🏆 Oportunidades dentro de nuestras diferentes líneas de negocio. - 🏅 Orgullosamente certificados como Great Place to Work.
Mid-Level Backend Engineer
Fieldwire by HiltiThe all-in-one jobsite management software for field to office communication.
• Build and maintain production services at scale • Develop new features to support internal & external customers • Debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack • Develop seamless integrations between Fieldwire and external services and partners • Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes • Release a rapidly growing API while ensuring 100% backward compatibility • Build services with efficient auto-scaling to handle load variations • Participate in on-call rotation
Senior Software Engineer – Scala
GFT TechnologiesAs a pioneer for digital transformation GFT develops sustainable solutions across new technologies.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Scala. • Build and enhance distributed systems that process large-scale data workloads. • Develop integrations with cloud services across AWS and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). • Implement secure authentication and authorization mechanisms using cloud-native identity services. • Build and maintain data pipelines supporting ingestion, transformation, and analytics. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements and deliver solutions. • Ensure system reliability, observability, performance, and operational excellence. • Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code. • Participate in code reviews and mentor other engineers. • Troubleshoot and resolve issues in distributed, cloud-based environments. • Develop and execute comprehensive testing strategies, including unit, component, and integration testing.
Java & Node Developer - Mid/Senior
GFT TechnologiesAs a pioneer for digital transformation GFT develops sustainable solutions across new technologies.
• Develop in Java; • Develop and maintain APIs and microservices using Node.js, TypeScript and Fastify; • Design and implement microservices architecture, ensuring scalability, resilience and low coupling; • Develop and maintain financial onboarding processes, including account opening, registration, client validation, orchestration of steps and integrations with internal and external systems; • Implement orchestration of processes and complex business flows; • Work with different databases, choosing the appropriate technology per domain; • Develop and maintain workers and asynchronous processes; • Create and maintain process automation and integrations using tools such as n8n; • Work with Generative AI, including prompt creation and refinement, integration with language model APIs (LLMs) and using AI for automation and business process support; • Operate in containerized environments, with deployment and operation on Kubernetes; • Ensure observability, structured logging and metrics; • Write automated tests and ensure code quality; • Collaborate with Front-End, Architecture and Product teams;



