Senior Node/React Engineer - Remote & Impactful

Kake; South Dakota; Remote; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully Remote

Better Me Fund

Compassion is Badass

Job summary

Kake, a remote-first company, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Node.js and React. You will own features end-to-end, design REST or GraphQL APIs, and contribute to scalable systems used by millions.

This independent contractor role offers flexibility to work from anywhere with a strong emphasis on architecture, data modeling, and observability. You’ll collaborate with product and design to ship reliable software and maintain high quality.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with Node.js and React.
• Experience designing and versioning REST or GraphQL APIs.
• Experience with modern git workflows, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS, or Azure).
• Strong system-design instincts: data modelling and component architecture.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication.
• Ability to work independently in a remote, fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship production features end-to-end across Node.js backends and React frontends.
• Design, build, and version REST or GraphQL APIs.
• Make architecture decisions around data modelling and service boundaries.
• Model and query data across relational and NoSQL stores.
• Write clean, well-tested code and ensure observability in live systems.

Skills

Node.js

React

APIs (REST/GraphQL)

System design

English communication

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud (GCP/AWS/Azure)

Job description

Kake, a remote-first company, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Node.js and React. You will own features end-to-end, design REST or GraphQL APIs, and contribute to scalable systems used by millions.

This independent contractor role offers flexibility to work from anywhere with a strong emphasis on architecture, data modeling, and observability. You’ll collaborate with product and design to ship reliable software and maintain high quality.