Back-End Engineer

NetForemost, Inc•Hickman, NE

2d•Remote

About The Position

We are looking for a Mid–Senior Backend Engineer who can take ownership of product backends end-to-end. This role is ideal for someone who doesn’t just write endpoints, but thinks in systems — architecture, scalability, security, performance, and long-term maintainability. You will start at 20 hours per week, with the opportunity to transition to 40 hours per week after 3 months based on performance and project growth. This role is designed to support multiple current and future products.

Requirements

3–6+ years backend development experience
Strong experience building RESTful APIs
Experience with modern backend frameworks (FastAPI, Django, Express, NestJS, etc.)
Understanding of clean architecture and service-layer patterns
Strong SQL knowledge
Experience designing relational database schemas
Query optimization and indexing knowledge
Migration management experience
Experience with background jobs / task queues
Caching strategies (Redis or similar)
Understanding of concurrency and async systems
Experience writing automated tests
Understanding of integration vs unit testing
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines
Linting, formatting, static typing tools
Docker experience
Environment configuration management
Basic cloud deployment knowledge (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)
Understanding of production monitoring and logging
JWT-based authentication systems
Input validation & API security best practices
Basic understanding of OWASP principles