Software Architect (Contractor) – Composable Commerce & Event-Driven Design

CobbleWeb - The Online Marketplace Experts; Dubai; Remote; AED 220,000 - 331,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading online marketplace company seeks a part-time Software Architect contractor to enhance its modular framework. This role involves working with advanced technologies such as Node.js, TypeScript, and GraphQL. You will shape the architecture to ensure scalability and maintainability, allowing for adaptive development. This position offers flexible hours and is entirely remote.

Qualifications

• Strong expertise in composable modular architecture and event-driven design.
• Experience in backend technologies including Node.js and TypeScript.
• Ability to design scalable and maintainable frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Audit and strengthen module isolation.
• Enhance event-driven architecture.
• Facilitate customisation and extensibility.

Skills

Composable modular architecture

Event-driven design

Node.js

TypeScript

GraphQL

PostgreSQL

Tools

Fastify

Redis

Next.js

React

Job description

Overview

Join to apply for the Software Architect (Contractor) – Composable Commerce & Event-Driven Design role at CobbleWeb - The Online Marketplace Experts. This position is 100% remote, with flexible daily / weekly hours (part-time). We’re looking for a Software Architect contractor with strong expertise in composable modular architecture and event-driven design to support the next evolution of Sharewise: our marketplace framework that helps entrepreneurs and small businesses launch world-class platforms faster. This isn’t a “keep the lights on” role. You’ll be shaping the backbone of a framework designed to democratise marketplace creation and empower communities. Sharewise is built on 12+ years of CobbleWeb’s experience delivering high-performance marketplaces, and we’re now evolving it into a platform that is modular, event-driven, and future-ready.

Responsibilities

• Audit and strengthen module isolation (reduce hidden coupling).
• Push us toward a stronger event-driven architecture (pub / sub over direct calls).
• Lay the foundation for customisation : moving from fragile inheritance overrides toward clear extension hooks, composition patterns, and well-documented integration points. This is about more than code style : it’s about making Sharewise a framework where developers can confidently adapt and extend features without breaking core stability.
• Make the platform easier to scale, extend, and maintain, both for our team and for external developers.

Stack

• Backend & Core : Node.js (TypeScript) - Fastify for REST, Apollo for GraphQL, TypeORM, Redis, PostgreSQL.
• Side deps : chalk, chokidar, commander, winston, class-transformer, class-validator.
• Frontend : Next.js v15 & React v19.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Contractor (part-time), 100% remote

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Technology, Information and Internet