Senior Backend Software Engineer

About the role

About Makai

Makai uses best-in-class AI and data to solve real-world operational and strategic challenges at scale. We help businesses with enterprise automation, human-machine teaming, product design and development, and market intelligence. Until now, people have had to learn and adapt to software. Makai creates solutions that adapt to people because technology will never be 100% accurate. People are essential for all of our human-machine teaming solutions.

About the role

This is a full-time remote role for a Senior Backend Software Engineer at Makai. 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.

The ideal candidate will be able to

Develop new features across our Node.js/TypeScript backend services

Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability

Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs

Collaborate with frontend developers and product designers to improve usability

Write robust, clean, and documented code

Maintain and enhance existing applications

Conduct performance tests and ensure responsiveness and stability across all platforms

Qualifications

Experience with Node.js and TypeScript required

7+ years of professional backend software engineering experience, including strong, current, hands-on experience building and running production services

Experience 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

Proven ability to pick up new frameworks and tools quickly, and to reason about systems rather than rely on familiarity with a single specific stack

Strong command of relational data modeling and an ORM, and of structured request/schema validation as a general practice

Relevant experience using Docker

Understanding of microservices architecture and related patterns

Solid software engineering skills, with the ability to produce well-structured, maintainable code

Familiarity with modern authorization mechanisms

Solid experience working from a fully remote position

Nice-to-haves

Experience with a Node.js application framework such as NestJS, Express, or Fastify

Cloud-native experience on Azure, particularly containers and Kubernetes (AKS)

Workflow orchestration with Temporal or a comparable durable-execution runtime

Multi-tenant SaaS architecture: tenant isolation, row-level security, and attribute-based access control (ABAC)

Legacy modernization or migration experience, carrying a live production system onto a new platform

How we work

Small senior teams, real ownership. We'd rather have one engineer who understands a platform top to bottom than several who each own a slice.

Core values for Makai employees

Be a flexible, innovative and creative thinker

Be congenial and a team player

Be self-sufficient

Be self-driven with an ownership mentality

Have a strong work ethic

Employment Type Full Time

Fully remote role

Benefits

Fully remote role, Eastern time zone

Opportunities to work in-person with local colleagues

Generous PTO

Full health insurance premium reimbursement

401(k) matching

Career growth & development opportunities