Backend Software Engineer

Great Value Hiring; United States; On-site; USD 41,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Great Value Hiring is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to design, implement, and optimize scalable backend services and APIs. The role emphasizes strong coding, debugging, and performance tuning across languages such as Java, Node.js, Go, and Python.

The candidate should have a proven track record delivering reliable systems, a solid understanding of data structures, and experience with automated testing and code reviews. This is a contract-style role focused on high-quality delivery.

Qualifications

• Strong backend experience in Java, Node.js, Go, Rust, Typescript, Python, C++ or similar.
• Track record building scalable services and APIs.
• Comfort with debugging, performance work and automated testing.
• Solid code review instincts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend services and APIs.
• Improve performance, reliability, and scalability of systems.
• Write automated tests and contribute to CI/CD pipelines.
• Participate in code reviews and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Backend development

APIs

Debugging

Performance optimization

Code review

Languages: Java

Languages: Node.js

Languages: Go

Languages: Python

Languages: C++

Job description

Software Engineer Backend [$30 - $100/hour]

Create realistic, interesting and challenging coding tasks for AI to solve involving feature implementation and bug fixes, and implement deterministic verifiers that accept reasonable valid solutions and reject everything else

Good Candidature

• Strong backend experience in Java, Node.js, Go, Rust, Typescript, Python, C++ or similar
• A track record building scalable services and APIs
• Comfort with debugging, performance work and automated testing
• Solid code review instincts

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven experience in backend development, with a track record of delivering high-quality and performant projects
• Demonstrated success in identifying and resolving software bugs and system bottlenecks
• Experience with codebase refactoring and implementing complex features in large-scale applications
• Strong understanding of algorithms, data structures, and foundational computer science concepts
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and technical communication skills

Compensation Structure

Compensation is output-based; experts are paid per task that meets the project specifications. The time required to complete work may vary depending on the expert s experience and workflow. Minimum submission requirements apply. Experts must submit a minimum of tasks per week.