Backend & API Developer
Server-side systems, integrations, authentication, and data processing.
- Status
- Join the talent network
- Type
- Technical
- Level
- Portfolio of shipped work.
- Work
- Project-based, Flexible
- Time
- Per project
- Pay model
- Project-based
- Location
- Remote
There is no active vacancy for this role right now. Registering interest adds you to our talent network; we reach out when a suitable project or need appears.
What you would do
- Build APIs and backend services
- Handle authentication and authorization
- Design data models
- Implement integrations and background tasks
- Support reliability, testing, and deployment
Skills and expectations
Required
- Backend development experience
- Database fundamentals
Preferred
- Queues, containers, observability
Portfolio of shipped work. No degree is required where skills can be demonstrated.
Compensation approach
Scope, deliverables, deadlines, ownership, and payment are agreed before work begins. Paid projects are not guaranteed to exist for every applicant.
No application fee. Not an employment contract. No guaranteed salary, projects, or equity. Read the full compensation disclosure on the Partners page.
Who should apply
A good fit
- You can show or explain real work related to backend & api developer
- You are comfortable with the pay model above
- You will take ownership of agreed tasks and report honestly
Probably not a fit
- You need a guaranteed fixed salary right now
- You are looking for results without sustained effort
- You want authority over pricing, contracts, or strategy from day one