Secure Backend Engineer: Build Scalable APIs

Great Value Hiring

United States

On-site

USD 41,000 - 138,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Job summary

Great Value Hiring is seeking a Backend Security Engineer to work on secure, scalable backend services. The role requires strong experience in Java, Node.js, Go, Rust, TypeScript, Python, or C++, with a track record building APIs and services.

You will engage in debugging, performance tuning, automated testing, and security-focused reviews. This is an output-based engagement with an hourly rate in the $30–$100 range, paid per task according to project specs.

Qualifications

  • Proven backend development experience in modern languages.
  • Experience building scalable services and APIs.
  • Background in cybersecurity, appsec, pentesting, or secure reviews is a plus.

Skills

Backend experience
API development
Debugging & testing
Code review
Security background

Job description

Great Value Hiring is seeking a Backend Security Engineer to work on secure, scalable backend services. The role requires strong experience in Java, Node.js, Go, Rust, TypeScript, Python, or C++, with a track record building APIs and services.

You will engage in debugging, performance tuning, automated testing, and security-focused reviews. This is an output-based engagement with an hourly rate in the $30–$100 range, paid per task according to project specs.

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