Makai Labs
Senior Backend Software Engineer - Node.js/TypeScript
$150K–$180K
New York +5 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 13, 2026
- Location
- New York
California
Massachusetts
Texas
New Jersey
North Carolina - Experience
- 7+ years of professional backend software engineering experience.
About the job
Develops and maintains backend services, collaborating with product and frontend teams to deliver scalable, reliable applications.
What you'll do
- Build new features and maintain Node.js/TypeScript backend services, optimizing speed and scalability.
- Collaborate with frontend developers and product designers to ensure technical feasibility and improve usability.
- Write documented, maintainable code and test application performance, responsiveness, and stability.
What they ask for
- Node.js and TypeScript experience.
- 7+ years of professional backend software engineering experience, including current hands-on experience building and running production services.
- Experience building and running software in a regulated, compliance-heavy environment, with disciplined access control, audit logging, and data handling.
- Experience with Docker; strong relational data modeling, ORM use, and structured request/schema validation.
Nice to have
- Node.js frameworks such as NestJS, Express, or Fastify; Azure, containers, or Kubernetes (AKS).
- Temporal or comparable durable-execution runtime; multi-tenant SaaS architecture or legacy modernization experience.
Pay
$150K – $180K (base salary)
Tools
Node.js, TypeScript, Docker, NestJS, Express, Fastify, Azure, Kubernetes (AKS)
AI focus
The company uses AI and data for enterprise automation, human-machine teaming, product development, and market intelligence; the role posting does not specify direct AI responsibilities.
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