Contract Software Engineer (Typescript, Node.js) - Portugal
Codurance · Portugal · posted Jul 6, 2026
What this role actually asks for
Extracted by RemoteHuntMust have
- •Node.js and TypeScript
- •AWS serverless architectures
- •Scalable backend APIs and services
- •CI/CD pipelines
- •System design, testing, observability
- •Distributed systems
- •Ownership and problem-solving
Nice to have
- •MongoDB experience
- •Infrastructure as code
- •Evolving serverless to container architectures
- •Incident management tooling
- •Statically typed languages beyond TypeScript
Tools and technologies
Worth checking before you apply
- ⚠Contract type: Independent contractor / B2B
- ⚠12 months initial contract
The full posting
About the Role
We are looking for a senior Backend Engineer to join our team and help design, build, and operate highly reliable, scalable, and well-architected backend systems that power real customer investment and financial services. This is a hands-on senior engineering role for someone who combines strong technical depth with ownership, pragmatism, and a production-first mindset. You will be responsible not only for building services, but also for operating them in production, ensuring reliability, observability, and continuous improvement across the full lifecycle of distributed systems. You should be comfortable working primarily with Node.js and TypeScript, while also being confident operating within AWS-based cloud environments, particularly serverless architectures. We value engineers who can make sound architectural decisions in event-driven, distributed systems, and who are comfortable working across infrastructure, application code, and operational concerns. Our engineering culture emphasizes
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