Senior Backend Developer – Freelance

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Senior Backend Developer building critical backend services for Netguru’s digital commerce clients. Freelance work using Golang, Java, or Node during Helsinki hours.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop backend software for Netguru’s digital commerce clients
  • Work on B2B solutions, marketplaces, and retail ecosystems
  • Contribute to critical backend services and potentially large-scale, impactful systems
  • Work independently within a freelance assignment and collaborate with Netguru teams
  • Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation approximately once every 6 weeks for one week
  • Test and quality-assure your own code
  • Work full-time on a 2-month B2B assignment with possible extension

Requirements:

  • Fluent English
  • Strong experience with Golang, Java, or Node; all three are not required
  • At least 8–10+ years of backend engineering experience
  • Cloud experience; AWS is a plus, but other cloud experience is acceptable
  • Open to participating in a 24x7 on-call rotation, approximately once every 6 weeks for one week
  • Engineers are expected to test their own code; no dedicated QA
  • Experience working on critical backend services, ideally with large-scale or impactful systems
  • Availability to work during Helsinki office hours, 9–5 Helsinki time

Benefits:

  • Flexibility
  • Dev-friendly processes, including Continuous Integration and Code Review
  • Agile methodology
  • Projects across various industries, including fintech, healthcare, insurance, and education
  • Work with a team of experts
  • Continuous development of hard and soft skills
  • Knowledge-sharing sessions
  • Internal knowledge base
  • Disability-related adaptations during the recruitment process