Key Facts

Remote From:

Texas (USA)

Category: Back-End Engineer

Full time

Senior (5-10 years)

English

Roles & Responsibilities

5-7 years of backend software engineering experience
Strong experience with Node.js
Strong SQL skills
Experience with PostgreSQL

Requirements:

Design, architect, and implement robust APIs and services using Node.js, PostgreSQL, and Redis
Optimize complex SQL queries and schemas to ensure lightning-fast performance across large datasets
Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, and leadership teams on backend features
Mentor and support other engineers, helping to elevate team-wide technical excellence

Perfict

Human Resources, Staffing & Recruiting

About Perfict

Perfict Global is an IT consulting services provider, focused on providing innovative and successful business workforce solutions. Providing specialized staffing and recruitment solutions for our clients, we have quickly become the technology specialist staffing and Recruitment Company of choice for many employers across the US. Our talented team of recruitment professionals serve as more than just a supplier to our customers, we act as a trusted business partner and work as an extension of our client's internal teams, offering the following solutions: • Temporary Staffing • Temp-to-permanent Placements • Permanent Recruitment • Specialized Executive Search

Company type: Scaleup

Industry: Human Resources, Staffing & Recruiting

Founded: 2018

Company size: 51 - 200

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Job description

Role: Backend Engineer

Location: Dallas, TX (Remote)
Experience : 9+yrs
IP: KForce

Client: Vacation Renter

Duties/Day to Day Overview:

Design, architect, and implement robust APIs and services using Node.js, PostgreSQL, and Redis
Optimize complex SQL queries and schemas to ensure lightning-fast performance across large datasets
Tackle high-scale engineering challenges to ensure reliability and efficiency under heavy traffic
Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, and leadership teams on backend features
Proactively identify and resolve technical debt; lead refactoring projects to future-proof our stack
Participate in team standups, code reviews, and deployment processes
Mentor and support other engineers, helping to elevate team-wide technical excellence
Take ownership of projects and drive initiatives from concept to production

Technical Requirements:

5-7+ years of backend software engineering experience
Strong experience with Node.js
Strong experience using JavaScript on the backend (in conjunction with Node.js)
Experience with PostgreSQL (or equivalent relational databases)
Strong SQL skills — able to write, debug, and optimize complex queries on large datasets
Experience working on high-volume, high-traffic, consumer-facing platforms
Experience scaling systems to millions of daily users
Experience with DevOps practices and cloud infrastructure (preferably Google Cloud or AWS), including CI/CD, monitoring, and infrastructure as code
Excellent collaboration and communication skills
Experience working within a startup environment and having an entrepreneurial mindset
Experience working in an Agile environment – daily standups and 2 week sprints