Backend Developer: Ownership & Growth (Freelance)

Energy Innovation Corp; Saint Cloud (MN); On-site; USD 77,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship program

Competitive freelance pay

Ownership growth opportunities

Job summary

Johns Hopkins is seeking a freelance Backend Developer to own technical outcomes, with a focus on Kotlin and Python services. You will tackle architectural bottlenecks, restore data integrity across Nginx stores, and drive postmortem actions to prevent outages at St. Cloud, MN.

Mentorship is provided to help you grow from mid-level ownership while earning a competitive freelance salary.

Qualifications

• Accountable for a deeply technical outcome in a freelance role.
• Ambitious and eager to learn new skills.
• Proven track record delivering results as a mid-level Backend Developer.
• Comfort presenting to mid-level leadership.

Responsibilities

• Identify bottlenecks and propose architectural improvements proactively.
• Decode the undocumented Kotlin service nobody at Johns Hopkins remembers writing.
• Own data integrity across Johns Hopkins's Nginx stores so St. Cloud numbers never lie.
• Drive the Nginx incident postmortem that stops the St. Cloud outage from recurring.
• Lead Python design reviews that catch the costly mistakes before St. Cloud, MN builds them.
• Translate a napkin idea from Johns Hopkins founders into a Kotlin ambitious prototype.

Skills

Backend development

Kotlin

Python

Data integrity

Tools

Nginx

REST APIs

Job description

Johns Hopkins is seeking a freelance Backend Developer to own technical outcomes, with a focus on Kotlin and Python services. You will tackle architectural bottlenecks, restore data integrity across Nginx stores, and drive postmortem actions to prevent outages at St. Cloud, MN.

Mentorship is provided to help you grow from mid-level ownership while earning a competitive freelance salary.