We are looking for a Backend Software Engineer to support ongoing development, maintenance, and production support for large-scale community product applications. This role will focus on delivering backend features, preserving existing functionality, resolving production issues, and improving system performance and scalability.
The engineer will work on TypeScript and Node.js services backed by MongoDB and Redis, collaborate with frontend engineers and product stakeholders, and help ensure backend services are reliable, scalable, and production-ready.
Enterprise experience strongly preferred.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver backend features in TypeScript and Node.js services.
- Build and maintain backend services backed by MongoDB and Redis.
- Design and implement RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs.
- Support sprint-scoped engineering work from development through merge and production deployment.
- Troubleshoot production deployment issues and CI/CD-related problems.
- Support production bug fixes, performance improvements, and work-hours incident response.
- Identify and remediate backend performance and scalability bottlenecks.
- Improve measurable production outcomes related to latency, error rate, or throughput.
- Collaborate with frontend engineers, product partners, and stakeholders on end-to-end feature delivery.
- Help maintain existing functionality while supporting new product roadmap work.
QualificationsMust-Have Skills
- Node.js
- TypeScript
- MongoDB
- Redis
- RESTful API design and implementation and/or GraphQL API design and implementation
- Production CI/CD experience
- GitLab CI familiarity
- Ability to troubleshoot deployments
- General familiarity with containerized deployments
- Backend production support experience
- Experience resolving bugs, performance issues, and scalability bottlenecks
- Ability to work collaboratively with frontend engineers, product teams, and stakeholders
Nice-to-Have Skills
- SendGrid or similar transactional email experience
- SQL experience
- Warehouse database experience
- Snowflake experience
- Redshift experience
Additional InformationRequired Tools & Platforms
- Node.js
- TypeScript
- MongoDB
- Redis
- RESTful APIs
- GraphQL APIs
- GitLab CI
- CI/CD workflows
- Containerized deployment environments
Location, Time & Engagement
- Remote contract role.
- LATAM-based candidates only.
- LATAM / U.S. time-zone overlap required.
- Full-time engagement, 40 hours per week.
- Expected contract duration through March 31, 2027.
Skills Required
- Node.js
- TypeScript
- MongoDB
- Redis
- RESTful API design and/or GraphQL API design
- Production CI/CD experience
- GitLab CI familiarity
- Ability to troubleshoot deployments and CI/CD issues
- General familiarity with containerized deployments
- Backend production support experience, including incident response and performance remediation
- Ability to collaborate with frontend engineers, product teams, and stakeholders
- Enterprise experience
- SendGrid or similar transactional email experience
- SQL, Snowflake, or Redshift experience
- LATAM-based candidate with LATAM / U.S. time-zone overlap
- Full-time availability (40 hours per week) through March 31, 2027
What We Do
Lifted, an Upwork Company, is a B2B SaaS platform that helps enterprise organizations source, contract, manage, and pay contingent talent globally and compliantly. It supports multiple engagement models, including independent contractors, staff augmentation, and employer-of-record, while integrating with MSPs and VMSs to provide centralized visibility, spend control, and audit-ready compliance, delivering a white-labeled talent experience for hiring managers and contingent workforce programs.
