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Backend Engineer (Freelance)
Contract type
One-time
Work mode
Remote · Worldwide
Experience
Senior · 7+ years
Job description
Backend Engineer role at Make, an AI-first design and engineering agency, to build and maintain large-scale backend services using TypeScript and Node. It is a short-term, full-time contract with remote work from anywhere and overlap with Central Time.
At a glance
- Employment
- Contract
- Work mode
- Remote · Worldwide
What you'll do
- Build and maintain backend services using TypeScript and Node
- Integrate backend functionality with third-party APIs and external data services
- Write clean, readable, and well-tested code
- Use AI tools daily to streamline development, debugging, refactoring, and documentation workflows without compromising quality
- Work closely with other engineers in a remote-first environment, proactively communicating progress, blockers, and risks
- Identify issues proactively, spotting bugs, performance bottlenecks, or architectural risks early and taking ownership of solutions
What we're looking for
- An AI-first mindset
- Hands-on experience using Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex
- Hands-on experience building at least one large-scale system from scratch
- +7 years of backend experience
- +2 years of Node experience
- Excellent communication skills and comfort working in an asynchronous, remote environment
- A proactive, ownership-driven mindset: you see problems, raise them early, and help solve them
- Comfort operating in a 100% operational role, managing priorities and complexity independently
- Full-time availability required until end of contract
- Available for meetings in Central Time, with at least 2–3 hours of daily overlap
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About Make
AI-first design and engineering agency
Make is an AI-first design and engineering agency based in Texas, with team members worldwide. A multi-disciplinary team of engineers and designers, they create award-winning software that has been featured in TechCrunch, Mashable, US Weekly, CBS News, Texas Monthly, and The Today Show.
Key facts
- Texas
- Design and engineering agency
- Award-winning software with 25+ featured placements in the App Store and Google Play
- Featured in TechCrunch, Mashable, US Weekly, CBS News, Texas Monthly, and The Today Show
- Team members worldwide
- Team of 'Managers of One' who set their own direction and dive in without waiting for permission
What they value
- Proactive communication
- Autonomy
- Initiative
- Ownership
- Culture