Remote Node.js Backend Engineer (Part-Time, Contract-to-Hire) We’re an outsourcing company, looking for a mid-level Node.js backend engineer to join our fully remote, async team. This is a part-time role (min 4 hrs/day) on a month-to-month contract, with the option for long-term hire. Responsibilities * Daily system maintenance & customer support tickets * Debugging, writing tests, and small DB migrations * Refactoring legacy JS → TS code * Monitoring dashboards & flagging issues * Building Google Cloud Functions & internal tools
Requirements * 3+ years of backend experience * Strong in Node.js, TypeScript/JavaScript, PostgreSQL * Experience with Google Cloud * At least basic React * Excellent written communication (async-first) * Proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable working autonomously
Nice to have: React, Redis, GitHub Actions, Grafana/Prometheus Engagement * 4+ hrs daily (required), flexible to do more * Month-to-month contract, long-term hire possible
We pay hourly, and the salary in this job posting is calculated based on a part-time 4-hour working day, about 80 hours per month.
