Backend Developer

Second Talent — Malaysia · Posted ~22 hours ago

Contract Remote

Skills

TypeScript Node.js NestJS REST APIs SQL NoSQL Aurora PostgreSQL event-driven systems distributed systems system design REST

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

Join a remote engineering team to build scalable APIs and backend services for a modern software ecosystem. You will work primarily with TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, REST APIs, and PostgreSQL, while contributing to database design, event-driven systems, distributed architecture, resilience, performance, observability, and security. The role is open to a contract or full-time arrangement, with preference for candidates based in the designated country.

Highlights

Remote backend engineering opportunity with a contract or full-time arrangement. The role focuses on scalable APIs and services, modern TypeScript and NestJS development, database optimization, distributed systems, and close collaboration across engineering functions.

Description

Location: Remote (Malaysia-based candidates preferred) Employment Type: Contract / Full-Time Team: Engineering We are hiring a Backend Engineer to build scalable APIs and backend services powering our product ecosystem. You will work primarily with TypeScript, NestJS, and Aurora PostgreSQL, contributing to both new feature development and platform improvements. Key Responsibilities Design and develop RESTful APIs and backend servicesBuild scalable applications using TypeScript and NestJSDevelop and optimize database schemas in Aurora PostgreSQLCollaborate with frontend, QA, and DevOps teams Requirements 5+ years of backend engineering experience building production APIs, services, databases, queues, workers, and distributed systemsStrong hands-on experience with TypeScript / Node.js / NestJS, REST APIs, SQL/NoSQL databases, and event-driven systemsStrong system design fundamentals: API design, data modelling, resilience, performance, observability, security, maintainability, and SLA/SLO awarenessAble to own services end-to-end: design, implementation, testing, documentation, deployment readiness, monitoring, incident response, and operational handoffComfortable using AI tools to accelerate coding, debugging, test generation, documentation, code review, log analysis, and implementation planning Nice to Have Experience with AWS servicesKnowledge of message queues, caching, and event-driven architecturesInterest or experience in Web3 / blockchain applications