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6 month Contract to Hire Corp to Corp or 1099
Must be USC, GC, or Perm Resident
We are looking for a Backend developer responsible for maintaining and writing new backend services. Your primary focus will be the development of server-side logic and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to API requests from the frontend. You will also be responsible for integrating the frontend elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of frontend technologies is necessary as well.
Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications Skills: Strong proficiency with TypeScript and Node.js Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds 1-2 years of experience in AWS (Lambda) is must. Understanding of SQL and databases Some understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3. Understanding of React is a strong plus Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
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