Backend Engineer | Remote

Crossing Hurdles; India; On-site; INR 15,789,111 - 30,262,462; Full time

Job summary

Crossing Hurdles is seeking a Software Engineer for a remote contract engagement. You will tackle challenging backend and full‑stack tasks, design and review APIs, databases, services, and deployment workflows, and contribute across multiple tech stacks.

The role emphasizes clear communication of technical decisions, learning new codebases quickly, and collaborating with client teams to deliver reliable software on schedule.

Qualifications

• Hands-on software engineering experience in the domain.
• Experience in at least one backend or full-stack environment (e.g., Python, JS/TS, Node.js, Java, C++, Go, Ruby).
• Experience building or reviewing production-grade applications, APIs, services, databases, or integrations.

Responsibilities

• Work on backend, full‑stack, infrastructure, and systems‑related tasks.
• Review, debug, improve, and explain code across environments.
• Design or evaluate APIs, databases, services, integrations, testing, and deployment workflows.
• Identify tradeoffs around scalability, maintainability, performance, reliability, security, and developer experience.
• Communicate technical reasoning clearly in writing, including tradeoffs and alternatives.
• Collaborate with customer teams on technical reviews, decisions, and problem solving.
• Adapt quickly to new codebases, frameworks, and requirements.

Skills

Backend development

Full-stack development

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Node.js

Java

C++

Go

Ruby

Job description

Position

Software Engineer

Type

Contract

Compensation

$120 - $230/hour

Location

Remote

Commitment

10-40 hrs/week

Role Responsibilities

• Work on challenging software engineering tasks across backend, full‑stack, infrastructure, and systems‑related projects.
• Review, debug, improve, and explain code across different technical environments.
• Design or evaluate practical solutions involving APIs, databases, services, integrations, testing, and deployment workflows.
• Identify tradeoffs around scalability, maintainability, performance, reliability, security, and developer experience.
• Communicate technical reasoning clearly in writing, including why a solution works and what alternatives were considered.
• Collaborate with the customer’s team on technical reviews, implementation decisions, and problem‑solving exercises.
• Adapt quickly to new codebases, frameworks, and technical requirements.

Requirements

• Have strong relevant experience in the domain with hands‑on software engineering experience.
• Strong experience in at least one backend or full‑stack engineering environment, such as Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, Java, C++, Go, or Ruby.
• Experience building, maintaining, or reviewing production‑level applications, APIs, services, databases, or integrations.
• Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including debugging, testing, code quality, architecture, and technical tradeoffs.
• Ability to explain complex engineering decisions clearly and objectively.
• Comfortable reading and reasoning through unfamiliar code or technical requirements.