Remote Backend Security Engineer — Part-Time Contractor

HireHouse; United States; Remote; USD 41,000 - 138,000; Part time

Job summary

HireHouse is seeking a Backend Security Engineer on a remote, contractor basis to contribute to a customer project focused on training and improving next-generation AI systems. You will design realistic coding tasks and deterministic verifiers that assess back-end solutions across Java, Node.js, Go, Rust, TS, Python, and C++.

The role emphasizes security-aware backend development and scalable APIs. Ideal candidates have strong backend engineering and cybersecurity experience, with good remote

Qualifications

• Strong backend software engineering experience in Java, Node.js, Go, Rust, TypeScript, Python, or C++ (or similar).
• Experience building scalable backend services and APIs.
• Strong debugging and performance optimization skills.
• Experience with automated testing and software validation.
• Strong code review and software quality judgment.
• Solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, and CS fundamentals.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly in a remote working environment.

Responsibilities

• Create realistic, challenging coding tasks involving backend development, feature implementation, debugging, and security-focused problem solving.
• Design tasks that reflect real-world software engineering and cybersecurity scenarios.
• Implement deterministic verifiers that accept valid solutions and reject incorrect ones.
• Develop and evaluate backend services, APIs, and software components using Java, Node.js, Go, Rust, TypeScript, Python, and C++.
• Identify and troubleshoot software bugs, performance bottlenecks, and system-level issues.
• Apply secure coding principles and cybersecurity practices to engineering tasks.
• Review code for correctness, security, maintainability, and performance.
• Collaborate remotely with technical teams while maintaining high standards of accuracy and quality.

Skills

Java

Node.js

Go

Rust

TypeScript

Python

C++

APIs

Backend engineering

Security

Job description

HireHouse is seeking a Backend Security Engineer on a remote, contractor basis to contribute to a customer project focused on training and improving next-generation AI systems. You will design realistic coding tasks and deterministic verifiers that assess back-end solutions across Java, Node.js, Go, Rust, TS, Python, and C++.

The role emphasizes security-aware backend development and scalable APIs. Ideal candidates have strong backend engineering and cybersecurity experience, with good remote