Contract Node.js Backend Engineer - Remote/UT

Energy Innovation Corp; West Valley City (UT); Remote; USD 85,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentor

Full benefits

Job summary

American Express is hiring a contract Node.js Developer fluent in Django to drive features from concept to production in West Valley City, UT. This role emphasizes uptime, on-call rotation, and end-to-end ownership of backend services using Django and Java dependencies. A remote option is available with relocation flexibility.

You will review code, adhere to engineering standards, and contribute to a fast-moving engineering environment with strong mentorship and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Contract role experience and ability to deliver in a fast-paced environment.
• Fluent in Django and comfortable with Node.js stack.
• Willingness to relocate or work remotely with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Take features from whiteboard to West Valley City, UT production without losing momentum.
• Defend uptime and respond to on-call rotations during incidents.
• Own backend services end to end, including Django schema and on-call rotation.
• Review pull requests and uphold engineering standards across the team.
• Investigate and fix bugs reported by users and monitoring tools.

Skills

Self-motivation

Independent work

On-call experience

Tools

Node.js

Django

Java

Job description

American Express is hiring a contract Node.js Developer fluent in Django to drive features from concept to production in West Valley City, UT. This role emphasizes uptime, on-call rotation, and end-to-end ownership of backend services using Django and Java dependencies. A remote option is available with relocation flexibility.

You will review code, adhere to engineering standards, and contribute to a fast-moving engineering environment with strong mentorship and growth opportunities.