Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Make is hiring a Backend Engineer for a short-term contract to build and maintain backend services using TypeScript and Node.js. The role focuses on integrating third-party APIs, writing tested code, using AI tools in development workflows, and proactively addressing technical issues in a remote-first team.

Responsibilities

• Join a team of AI-first engineers
• Build and maintain backend services using TypeScript and [Node.js](http://Node.js)
• 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

Skills

• 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
• +5 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

Benefits

• Remote (Work from Anywhere)

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