Backend Engineer (Node.js)

Location: Onsite at the headquarters in Downtown Dallas, Texas, United States. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. now and in the future; visa sponsorship is not available.

Company

hirify.global provides a platform and mobile and business tools that help manufacturing and logistics companies scale production and access labor in real time.

What you will do

• Build robust services and APIs for existing and new web and mobile application features.
• Own selected roadmap features across design, development, testing, release, and post-release support.
• Work with internal users to provide support, gather feedback, and plan platform features.
• Mentor junior engineers, conduct code reviews, and promote maintainable, high-quality code through TDD and comprehensive automated testing.
• Handle on-call incidents and participate in postmortem analysis and remediation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• 2+ years of experience with JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, or other backend engineering frameworks.
• 2+ years of industry experience with relational databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL, including database design and SQL proficiency.
• Experience mentoring junior developers.
• Understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and event-driven architectures.
• 1+ year of experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, or CircleCI, including ownership of the release process.
• Ability to analyze complex problems, break them down, and drive effective solutions, with attention to detail and a focus on continuous improvement.
• Ability to work in-office at the Downtown Dallas headquarters.

Nice to have

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration.
• Exposure to cloud infrastructure, networking, security, and monitoring on AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Experience implementing and managing RabbitMQ, Kafka, or AWS SQS for asynchronous processing and inter-service communication.
• Understanding of frontend frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue.js.
• Experience identifying and resolving distributed-system performance bottlenecks using profiling tools and load testing.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on work on a platform serving the manufacturing and logistics industry.
• Team environment focused on continuous improvement, high-quality engineering, and collaboration.
• Equal opportunity workplace committed to a diverse environment.