Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer Architect Company Name: Codebridge Job Url: https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a19df3cfbbf69341&jr_id=69b9807906c1ba00c54b8f22 Job Description: Full job description Senior Backend Engineer Architect This is a W2 Contract role, fully remote. Please apply only if: You live in the continental USA You do not now or in the future need sponsorship You are not coming through a third party You have more than 10 years of experience Responsibilities: ● Design and implement scalable, reliable backend systems - from architecture through production deployment. ● Harden and optimize the platform for stability, performance, and release readiness. ● Lead implementation of backend services, APIs, and data models with a strong focus on maintainability and versioning strategies. ● Set technical standards and establish best practices across code quality, architecture, and system design. ● Act as a hands-on technical leader reviewing code, debugging complex issues, and improving performance where needed. ● Collaborate closely with Product, QA, and Design to translate business problems into well-structured technical solutions. ● Ask the right technical questions early to clarify requirements and reduce downstream risk. ● Help define engineering roadmaps, technical milestones, and delivery metrics. ● Improve development workflows and processes to increase team velocity and reliability. Qualifications: ● 10+ years of professional backend engineering experience building production systems. ● Proven experience designing and implementing complex software systems end-to-end. ● Understands Database Modeling, managing complex Database Transactions, and ensuring data integrity across distributed systems. ● Strong experience with API design and versioning strategies. ● Deep knowledge of data modeling, normalization, query optimization, and indexing. ● Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB. ● Experience building REST and/or GraphQL services. ● Strong proficiency in a modern backend language Node.js preferred). ● Experience shipping highly reliable systems in cloud environments. ● Ability to operate independently while contributing to broader technical direction. ● Experience working across cross-functional teams to deliver complex product features. Job Types: Full-time, Contract Pay: $650.00 - $700.00 per day