Remote Backend Engineer - Scalable APIs & Performance

Crossing Hurdles; Indonesia; Remote; IDR 739,452,000 - 2,464,842,000; Part time

Job summary

Crossing Hurdles is seeking a Software Engineer Backend for a remote contract role. You will design and implement scalable backend services and APIs, and address challenging performance concerns with a pragmatic, results‑driven mindset.

Compensation ranges from $30 to $100 per hour, with a commitment of 10–40 hours per week. The role requires strong backend experience across languages, solid CS fundamentals, debugging, and automated testing, plus rigorous code reviews.

Qualifications

• Strong backend experience across languages such as Java, Node.js, Go, Rust, Typescript, Python, C++ or similar.
• Track record of building scalable services and APIs.
• Comfort with debugging, performance work, and automated testing.
• Solid code review instincts.
• Strong understanding of algorithms, data structures, and foundational computer science concepts.

Responsibilities

• Create realistic and challenging coding tasks for AI to solve.
• Implement deterministic verifiers for solution validation.
• Build scalable services and APIs.
• Debug and optimize performance of backend systems.
• Conduct thorough code reviews to ensure quality.

Skills

Backend development

APIs

Performance debugging

Code reviews

CS fundamentals

Job description

Crossing Hurdles is seeking a Software Engineer Backend for a remote contract role. You will design and implement scalable backend services and APIs, and address challenging performance concerns with a pragmatic, results‑driven mindset.

Compensation ranges from $30 to $100 per hour, with a commitment of 10–40 hours per week. The role requires strong backend experience across languages, solid CS fundamentals, debugging, and automated testing, plus rigorous code reviews.