[Remote] Node.js Software Engineer - Remote

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. YO IT Consulting is seeking experienced software engineers to assist in training and evaluating next-generation AI systems through practical software engineering tasks. The role involves working on backend, full-stack, infrastructure, and systems-related projects, requiring strong software engineering judgment and clear technical communication.

Responsibilities

• Work on challenging software engineering tasks across backend, full-stack, infrastructure, and systems-related projects
• Review, debug, improve, and explain code across different technical environments
• Design or evaluate practical solutions involving APIs, databases, services, integrations, testing, and deployment workflows
• Identify tradeoffs around scalability, maintainability, performance, reliability, security, and developer experience
• Communicate technical reasoning clearly in writing, including why a solution works and what alternatives were considered
• Collaborate with the customer’s team on technical reviews, implementation decisions, and problem-solving exercises
• Adapt quickly to new codebases, frameworks, and technical requirements

Skills

• 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
• Strong experience in at least one backend or full-stack engineering environment, such as Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, Java, C#, .NET, C++, Go, Ruby, PHP, or similar
• Experience building, maintaining, or reviewing production-level applications, APIs, services, databases, or integrations
• Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including debugging, testing, code quality, architecture, and technical tradeoffs
• Ability to explain complex engineering decisions clearly and objectively
• Comfortable reading and reasoning through unfamiliar code or technical requirements
• Experience with cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps workflows, containers, monitoring, or production operations
• Experience with frontend frameworks such as React, Next.js, Angular, Vue, or React Native
• Open-source contributions, public GitHub work, technical writing, or strong examples of past engineering work
• Experience mentoring engineers, reviewing code, or making architecture decisions

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