Senior Full-Stack Engineer (6-Month Contract)

Nord Harton; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 145,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Six-month contract

Fully remote across Europe or theAmer

Async-friendly work with overlap hours

Hardware budget

Job summary

Nord Harton is seeking a senior full-stack engineer for a six-month contract to own a defined product area from data design through release. You’ll collaborate with a small team, shape solutions with clients, and ensure high-quality user experiences and robust backend services.

Work across the stack using TypeScript, React/Next.js, Go, and PostgreSQL; make architectural decisions, translate business needs into technical plans, and contribute through testing and code reviews.

Qualifications

• Five years building and operating web applications used by real customers.
• Strong practical experience with TypeScript and a modern React framework; Next.js preferred.
• Experience with Go or a comparable statically typed backend language.
• Sound skills in data modeling and API design.
• Clear written communication and ability to become productive quickly in a new codebase.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver production features using TypeScript, React or Next.js, Go, and PostgreSQL.
• Make architectural decisions for the services you build and explain the trade-offs.
• Work with clients to clarify business needs and turn them into practical technical plans.
• Handle the full range of product states, including loading, empty, error, and access-restricted experiences.
• Review code, write useful tests, and improve the codebase as you contribute.

Skills

TypeScript

React framework (Next.js)

Go

Data modeling

API design

Written communication

Tools

PostgreSQL

CI/CD

Cloud infrastructure

Job description

Role overview

Own a defined area of a product during a six-month contract, taking features from data design through implementation and release. You’ll work across the stack on a small, experienced product team, shape solutions with clients, and take responsibility for the quality of the user experience and the systems behind it.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver production features using TypeScript, React or Next.js, Go, and PostgreSQL.
• Make architectural decisions for the services you build and explain the trade-offs.
• Work with clients to clarify business needs and turn them into practical technical plans.
• Handle the full range of product states, including loading, empty, error, and access-restricted experiences.
• Review code, write useful tests, and improve the codebase as you contribute.

Requirements

• At least five years building and operating web applications used by real customers.
• Strong practical experience with TypeScript and a modern React framework; Next.js is preferred.
• Experience with Go or a comparable statically typed backend language.
• Sound skills in data modeling and API design.
• Clear written communication and the ability to become productive quickly in a new codebase.

Nice to have

• Experience modernizing legacy systems incrementally.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and CI/CD, including taking work through to production.
• A record of contributing quickly in unfamiliar codebases.

Benefits and work setup

• Six-month contract with a defined scope and potential to extend.
• Fully remote across Europe or the Americas, with async-friendly work and agreed overlap hours.
• Small team of senior peers, with autonomy and limited oversight.
• Competitive contract rate and a hardware budget for the engagement.