Backend Engineer

📍 Location: Remote (Work from Anywhere)

🗓️ Date: The expected start window for this position is as soon as possible

⏰ Working Hours: You should overlap with Central Time Zone at least 2 hours a day, and be available to attend several weekly video meetings within that time zone

Are you a Backend Engineer looking to craft large-scale software that drives business growth and users love?

😀 At Make, we're proud to have created award-winning software that's been used by billions of people, with 25+ featured placements in the App Store and Google Play. Our clients have real end users and real challenges, and they view us as trusted advisors and thought leaders. Beyond APIs and pull requests, this role is about owning backend systems end to end, building them thoughtfully, keeping them reliable as they scale, and collaborating closely with a remote team in an AI-first engineering environment.

If you have a genuine enthusiasm for software, and thrive in environments that encourage creativity, self-management, and a strong focus on culture, we want to hear from you! 💯

What You'll Do

• Join a team of AI-first engineers
• Build and maintain backend services using Node.js and TypeScript
• Implement APIs and business logic based on product and technical requirements.
• Write clean, readable, and well-tested code.
• Use AI tools daily to streamline development, debugging, refactoring, and documentation workflows without compromising quality
• Work closely with other engineers in a remote-first environment, proactively communicating progress, blockers, and risks
• Identify issues proactively, spotting bugs, performance bottlenecks, or architectural risks early and taking ownership of solutions.

What You’ll Bring

• An AI-first mindset
• Hands-on experience using Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex
• Hands-on experience building at least one large-scale backend system from scratch
• Experience integrating 3rd party services into a system architecture
• +5 years of backend experience
• +2 years of Node.js experience
• Excellent communication skills and comfort working in an asynchronous, remote environment
• A proactive, ownership-driven mindset: you see problems, raise them early, and help solve them
• Comfort operating in a 100% operational role, managing priorities and complexity independently

Bonus Skills (Nice to Have)

• Serverless experience with Firestore Cloud Functions (or AWS Lambdas)
• Microservices experience
• Experience working at a custom software agency like Make

About Make (letsMake.com)

Make is a design and engineering agency based in Texas, with team members worldwide. We’re proud to have created award-winning software that has been featured in TechCrunch, Mashable, US Weekly, CBS News, Texas Monthly, and The Today Show. A multi-disciplinary team of engineers and designers, we are passionate about creating world-class software that people enjoy using. At the end of the day, more than our work life, it’s our life’s work 💙.

We are a team of talented individuals who take ownership of the entire project beyond their own craft. We value proactive communication, autonomy, and initiative. You'll be joining a team of 'Managers of One'—people who set their own direction, identify what needs to be done, and dive in without waiting for permission 💯.

We’re not only passionate about our craft but also about our culture. We deeply believe that work is purposeful, and that culture is one of the most important parts of any team. Our culture informs our decisions, sets our standards, and guides our interactions 😀.

Why Make?

• Be part of a world-class digital studio with an international team
• Work-from-anywhere policy
• Eligibility for annual bonus