Remote Senior Backend Engineer - Node.js & AWS

Quik Hire Staffing; Pakistan; Remote; PKR 33,287,000 - 47,157,000; Full time

Job summary

Quik Hire Staffing is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer (Node.js, AWS) to design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services for a high-traffic platform. The role offers a full-time, remote, global work setup with cross-functional collaboration to deliver low-latency cloud-native solutions.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of Node.js backend experience, strong AWS skills, and familiarity with REST/GraphQL APIs, containers, and IaC.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience with Node.js backend development.
• Strong proficiency in AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, and CloudFormation.
• Experience with RESTful and GraphQL API design and implementation.
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes or ECS).
• Knowledge of databases, including PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or DynamoDB.
• Experience with automated testing (unit, integration, and end-to-end).
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform.
• Ability to work independently in a remote, distributed team environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy Node.js-based microservices using AWS services.
• Optimize backend systems for performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Implement RESTful and GraphQL APIs with a focus on security and efficiency.
• Lead architectural decisions for cloud infrastructure, including EC2, Lambda, and RDS.
• Monitor system health, debug issues, and implement automated testing and CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Node.js

AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS)

RESTful APIs

GraphQL APIs

CI/CD pipelines

Automated testing

Distributed systems

Infra as code

Remote work

Security best practices

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes / ECS

Terraform

CloudFormation

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

DynamoDB

Job description

Quik Hire Staffing is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer (Node.js, AWS) to design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services for a high-traffic platform. The role offers a full-time, remote, global work setup with cross-functional collaboration to deliver low-latency cloud-native solutions.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of Node.js backend experience, strong AWS skills, and familiarity with REST/GraphQL APIs, containers, and IaC.