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This person will be responsible for backend app development and will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement innovative solutions that enhance user experiences and drive business outcomes.\n\nThe ideal candidate will be able to\n\nDevelop new features across our Node.js/TypeScript backend services\n\nOptimize applications for maximum speed and scalability\n\nEnsure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs\n\nCollaborate with frontend developers and product designers to improve usability\n\nWrite robust, clean, and documented code\n\nMaintain and enhance existing applications\n\nConduct performance tests and ensure responsiveness and stability across all platforms\n\nQualifications\n\nExperience with Node.js and TypeScript required\n\n7+ years of professional backend software engineering experience, including strong, current, hands-on experience building and running production services\n\nExperience building and running software in a regulated, compliance-heavy environment (e.g., healthcare and PHI, HIPAA, SOC 2, or HITRUST), with the access-control, audit-logging, and data-handling discipline that implies\n\nProven ability to pick up new frameworks and tools quickly, and to reason about systems rather than rely on familiarity with a single specific stack\n\nStrong command of relational data modeling and an ORM, and of structured request/schema validation as a general practice\n\nRelevant experience using Docker\n\nUnderstanding of microservices architecture and related patterns\n\nSolid software engineering skills, with the ability to produce well-structured, maintainable code\n\nFamiliarity with modern authorization mechanisms\n\nSolid experience working from a fully remote position\n\nNice-to-haves\n\nExperience with a Node.js application framework such as NestJS, Express, or Fastify\n\nCloud-native experience on Azure, particularly containers and Kubernetes (AKS)\n\nWorkflow orchestration with Temporal or a comparable durable-execution runtime\n\nMulti-tenant SaaS architecture: tenant isolation, row-level security, and attribute-based access control (ABAC)\n\nLegacy modernization or migration experience, carrying a live production system onto a new platform\n\nHow we work\n\nSmall senior teams, real ownership. We'd rather have one engineer who understands a platform top to bottom than several who each own a slice.\n\nCore values for Makai employees\n\nBe a flexible, innovative and creative thinker\n\nBe congenial and a team player\n\nBe self-sufficient\n\nBe self-driven with an ownership mentality\n\nHave a strong work ethic\n\nEmployment Type Full Time\n\nFully remote role\n\nBenefits\n\nFully remote role, Eastern time zone\n\nOpportunities to work in-person with local colleagues\n\nGenerous PTO\n\nFull health insurance premium reimbursement\n\n401(k) matching\n\nCareer growth & development opportunities\n\nCompensation Range: $120K - $150K","company":"Makai Labs","rawCompany":"makai labs","city":"Walpole","state":"MA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-24T08:22:28.876Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1254.00","title":"Web Developers","slug":"web-developers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Senior Backend Software Engineer - Node.js/TypeScript","description":"About Makai\n\nMakai uses best-in-class AI and data to solve real-world operational and strategic challenges at scale. 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