Senior Full-Stack Developer (Node.js / React) — Backend Focus

Location: Remote
Employment: Full-time
Project: Long-term
Rate: up to $25/hour

Open positions: 5

About the Role
We are looking for 5 Senior Full-Stack Developers with a strong backend focus to join a long-term project and collaborate directly with a UK-based engineering team.
The ideal candidate is a mature and independent engineer with deep commercial experience in Node.js, strong hands-on expertise with Nest.js, PostgreSQL and AWS, and solid commercial experience with React.

This role is particularly suitable for engineers who are comfortable taking ownership, understanding existing architecture, solving complex technical problems, and contributing to technical decisions rather than simply implementing isolated tasks.
Requirements

Must-have:
7+ years of commercial software development experience with Node.js, with a strong backend focus
Strong hands-on experience with Nest.js
Solid commercial experience with React
Strong experience designing and building REST APIs and backend services
Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL
Practical experience with AWS, including:AWS Lambda
ECS
API Gateway
related AWS infrastructure and services

Good understanding of software testing practices
Experience with Git workflows
Experience working with CI/CD pipelines
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to work independently and take ownership of technical tasks
Upper-Intermediate English (B2+) or higher for daily communication with the client's UK-based team

Nice to Have
Experience designing scalable or distributed backend systems
Microservices architecture experience
Docker / containerized environments
Experience with event-driven or serverless architectures
Infrastructure-as-Code experience
Experience participating in architecture and technical design discussions
Experience mentoring developers or conducting code reviews

Responsibilities
Develop and maintain backend services using Node.js and Nest.js
Design, implement, and maintain REST APIs
Develop and maintain frontend functionality using React
Work with PostgreSQL databases, including data modeling and query optimization
Build and maintain integrations with AWS services
Contribute to architecture and technical decisions
Write clean, maintainable, and testable production code
Participate in code reviews
Troubleshoot and solve complex production and development issues
Work with CI/CD pipelines and modern Git-based development workflows
Collaborate directly with engineers and stakeholders from the client's UK team
Take ownership of features from technical analysis through production delivery

What We’re Looking For
Beyond the technical stack, we are looking for senior engineers with a strong engineering mindset: proactive, responsible, technically curious, and comfortable working without constant supervision.
You should be able to understand the broader product and architecture context, challenge technical decisions when necessary, suggest solutions, and take responsibility for the quality of your work.
Long-term remote project with a strong international engineering team.