Backend Engineer

Make•Dallas, TX

17h•Remote

About The Position

At Make , we're proud to have created award-winning software that's been used by billions of people, with 25+ featured placements in the App Store and Google Play. Our clients have real end users and real challenges, and they view us as trusted advisors and thought leaders. Beyond APIs and pull requests, this role is about owning backend systems end to end, building them thoughtfully, keeping them reliable as they scale, and collaborating closely with a remote team in an AI-first engineering environment. If you have a genuine enthusiasm for software, and thrive in environments that encourage creativity, self-management, and a strong focus on culture, we want to hear from you!

Requirements

Hands-on experience building at least one large-scale backend system from scratch
Experience integrating 3rd party services into a system architecture
+5 years of backend experience
+2 years of Node.js experience
Excellent communication skills and comfort working in an asynchronous, remote environment
A proactive, ownership-driven mindset: you see problems, raise them early, and help solve them
Comfort operating in a 100% operational role, managing priorities and complexity independently

Nice To Haves

Serverless experience with Firestore Cloud Functions (or AWS Lambdas)
Microservices experience
Experience working at a custom software agency like Make

Responsibilities

Build and maintain backend services using Node.js and TypeScript
Implement APIs and business logic based on product and technical requirements.
Write clean, readable, and well-tested code.
Use AI tools daily to streamline development, debugging, refactoring, and documentation workflows without compromising quality
Work closely with other engineers in a remote-first environment, proactively communicating progress, blockers, and risks
Identify issues proactively, spotting bugs, performance bottlenecks, or architectural risks early and taking ownership of solutions.