Remote Backend Engineer – Scalable PaaS Platform

Flexion Inc; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision coverage

Life and disability insurance

401(k) plan

Generous paid time off

Referral bonuses

Job summary

Flexion Inc. is seeking a Full Stack Engineer for a remote, enterprise-level project in the United States. You’ll work across backend and frontend with a focus on test-driven development, scalable APIs, and cloud infrastructure using Terraform and AWS.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of development experience, strong Python and Node/Typescript skills, PostgreSQL experience, RESTful API work, and frontend framework knowledge (React/Astro). Collaboration and quality code are valued.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of development experience.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Strong Python and Node/Typescript development skills.
• Experience with PostgreSQL and RESTful APIs.
• IaC tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation (Terraform preferred).
• Cloud/PaaS technologies such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or Cloud Foundry.
• Test Driven Development mindset (Playwright/Vitest).
• GitHub Actions for CI/CD (and Jenkins familiarity).
• Authentication solutions like Keycloak, ZITADEL, Supabase Auth, or AWS Cognito a plus.
• Frontend frameworks such as Astro, React, Vue, Svelte (experience with Astro/React is a plus).
• HTML/CSS knowledge is a plus.
• US Web Design System (USWDS) is a plus.
• Strong time-management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain scalable back-end and front-end components.
• Collaborate in cross-functional teams to deliver enterprise software.
• Implement test-driven development and ensure full code coverage.
• Design and consume RESTful APIs and integrate with external systems.
• Manage cloud infrastructure and IaC tooling.
• Contribute to architecture decisions and trade-offs.

Skills

Python

Node/Typescript

PostgreSQL

RESTful APIs

Terraform

AWS Cloud

Playwright/Vitest

GitHub Actions

React/Astro

HTML/CSS

USWDS

Time management

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

AWS

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Playwright

Vitest

Astro

React

Lit

Job description

Flexion Inc. is seeking a Full Stack Engineer for a remote, enterprise-level project in the United States. You’ll work across backend and frontend with a focus on test-driven development, scalable APIs, and cloud infrastructure using Terraform and AWS.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of development experience, strong Python and Node/Typescript skills, PostgreSQL experience, RESTful API work, and frontend framework knowledge (React/Astro). Collaboration and quality code are valued.