Senior Backend Software Engineer

About the role

This is a full-time remote role for a Senior Backend Software Engineer at Makai. This person will be responsible for backend app development and will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement innovative solutions that enhance user experiences and drive business outcomes.

The ideal candidate will be able to

• Develop new features across our Node.js/TypeScript backend services

• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability

• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs

• Collaborate with frontend developers and product designers to improve usability

• Write robust, clean, and documented code

• Maintain and enhance existing applications

• Conduct performance tests and ensure responsiveness and stability across all platforms

Qualifications

• Experience with Node.js and TypeScript required

• 7+ years of professional backend software engineering experience, including strong, current, hands-on experience building and running production services

• Experience building and running software in a regulated, compliance-heavy environment (e.g., healthcare and PHI, HIPAA, SOC 2, or HITRUST), with the access-control, audit-logging, and data-handling discipline that implies

• Proven ability to pick up new frameworks and tools quickly, and to reason about systems rather than rely on familiarity with a single specific stack

• Strong command of relational data modeling and an ORM, and of structured request/schema validation as a general practice

• Relevant experience using Docker

• Understanding of microservices architecture and related patterns

• Solid software engineering skills, with the ability to produce well-structured, maintainable code

• Familiarity with modern authorization mechanisms

• Solid experience working from a fully remote position