Remote Senior Backend Engineer - Node/TypeScript, Scalable

Makai Labs; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote role - Eastern time zone

Opportunities to work in-person with当地

Generous PTO

Full health insurance premium reimbur*

401(k) matching

Career growth & development

Job summary

Makai is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer for a fully remote role. You will develop features across Node.js/TypeScript backend services, optimize performance for speed and scalability, and collaborate with frontend teams to align UI/UX with backend capabilities.

You will maintain and extend existing applications, write clean, documented code, and conduct rigorous performance testing to ensure stability across platforms.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of backend software engineering experience delivering production services.

Responsibilities

• Develop new features across Node.js/TypeScript backend services.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

Backend architecture

Regulated environments

Systems thinking

ORM & data modeling

Docker

Remote work

Authorization mechanisms

Microservices

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

NestJS/Express/Fastify

Temporal

Azure/AKS

Job description

Makai is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer for a fully remote role. You will develop features across Node.js/TypeScript backend services, optimize performance for speed and scalability, and collaborate with frontend teams to align UI/UX with backend capabilities.

You will maintain and extend existing applications, write clean, documented code, and conduct rigorous performance testing to ensure stability across platforms.