Backend Developer | $70/hr Remote
Crossing Hurdles
full-remotemidcontractbackend United States Yesterday via LinkedIn
40,000 - 140,000 USD/annual
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Backend DevelopmentRESTful APIsMicroservicesPythonNode.jsGoJavaDockerKubernetesAWS
About the role
Role Overview
Backend Developer (Contract, Part-time, Remote)
- Compensation: $20–$70/hour
- Hours: 10–40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs with strong performance requirements
- Collaborate cross-functionally to translate business needs into technical specifications
- Optimize backend systems for reliability, security, and efficiency
- Write clean, well-documented, thoroughly tested code following engineering best practices
- Participate in code reviews, mentoring, and knowledge sharing
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve backend production issues with a focus on root-cause analysis and continuous improvements
Requirements
- Proven backend development experience with Python, Java, Go, or Node.js
- Extensive experience building RESTful APIs and microservices architectures
- Strong skills with relational and NoSQL databases plus data modeling
- Deep understanding of security, authentication, and authorization best practices
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization (Docker and Kubernetes)
Nice-to-haves
- Not explicitly stated
About Crossing Hurdles
Crossing Hurdles provides technology and engineering support, focusing on delivering backend services and APIs for demanding performance and reliability needs. The role suggests work on scalable systems in a remote, contract-based environment.
Scraped 5/14/2026