Backend Engineer – Freelance

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Become a part of a team of engineers focused on AI-first solutions.

• Develop and sustain backend services utilizing TypeScript and Node.js.

• Seamlessly integrate backend capabilities with third-party APIs and external data services.

• Produce clean, readable, and thoroughly tested code.

• Employ AI tools on a daily basis to enhance development, debugging, refactoring, and documentation processes.

• Collaborate closely with fellow engineers in a remote-first setting.

• Proactively communicate progress, obstacles, and potential risks.

• Early identification of bugs, performance issues, and architectural risks.

• Take initiative and responsibility for solutions.

• Independently manage priorities and navigate complexity.

⛳️ Requirements

• Possess an AI-first approach to problem solving.

• Practical experience with Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex.

• Proven experience in building at least one large-scale system from the ground up.

• Over 5 years of backend development experience.

• At least 2 years of experience with Node.js.

• Strong communication skills and ability to thrive in an asynchronous, remote environment.

• A proactive mindset with a focus on ownership.

• Comfort in a fully operational role, with the ability to manage priorities and complexity independently.

• Availability for meetings in Central Time, with 2–3 hours of daily overlap.

• Full-time commitment required from August through December 2026.

• Experience working in an agency environment or for external clients.

🏝️ Benefits

• Full-time availability is mandatory until the conclusion of the contract.