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We are seeking an experienced Backend Engineer with deep expertise in Node.js, AWS cloud services, and distributed systems. This role will focus on designing, building, and maintaining scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud-native applications while leveraging modern AWS infrastructure, containerized environments, and AI-powered solutions. The ideal candidate has strong hands‐on experience developing backend services, designing distributed architectures, implementing cloud‐native patterns, and supporting mission‐critical production systems. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Node.js and TypeScript. Architect and build secure, cloud-native applications on AWS. Develop and maintain REST APIs and service contracts across distributed environments. Design resilient distributed systems that support scalability, fault tolerance, and observability. Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines. Build and support containerized and serverless workloads. Leverage AWS Bedrock and Retrieval‐Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions within modern application architectures. Collaborate with engineering teams to improve reliability, security, and performance. Implement monitoring, logging, tracing, and observability best practices. Apply cloud security standards and infrastructure automation practices. Required Qualifications 8+ years of experience as a Backend Engineer working with distributed, high‐performance systems. Strong JavaScript and TypeScript development experience. Hands‐on Node.js backend development experience. Strong AWS experience, including ECS, Fargate, Kubernetes, Lambda, S3, API Gateway, CloudFront, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, Load Balancers, SQS, and SNS. Experience with CI/CD pipelines, particularly: AWS CodeBuild CircleCI Hands‐on experience with AWS Bedrock and RAG‐based solutions. Experience building scalable, secure, cloud‐native applications. Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as: Terraform CloudFormation CDK Experience designing cloud‐native distributed architectures with: Scalability Resiliency Observability Fault tolerance Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts including: Retries Idempotency Circuit breakers Eventual consistency Backpressure Asynchronous processing Experience designing and maintaining scalable REST APIs and service contracts. Experience with observability and monitoring solutions such as CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, Datadog, New Relic, or Grafana. Strong understanding of cloud security best practices, including: IAM least privilege Secrets management Encryption Network isolation Secure service‐to‐service communication Security groups Preferred Qualifications AWS Developer Certification and/or AWS Solutions Architect Certification. Experience with additional AWS services and tooling. Experience operating Kubernetes workloads in production environments, including: Scaling Deployments Networking Troubleshooting Experience automating workflows or data pipelines using AI orchestration. Experience optimizing high‐throughput APIs and low‐latency services. Experience with AI orchestration frameworks or agentic workflows.Experience with GraphQL or gRPC APIs. Experience working with both containerized and serverless architectures. Experience supporting high‐availability production systems. #J-*-Ljbffr
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
Next, learn who's hiring. Accenture has posted 2,801 engineer roles. andurilindustries, speechify, and jobgether are also actively recruiting. If you're applying to one of these names, research their hiring patterns and interview style before you apply. That homework pays off.
When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.