Contract Software Engineer (Typescript, Node.js) - Portugal

We are looking for a senior Backend Engineer to join our team and help design, build, and operate highly reliable, scalable, and well-architected backend systems that power real customer investment and financial services.

This is a hands-on senior engineering role for someone who combines strong technical depth with ownership, pragmatism, and a production-first mindset. You will be responsible not only for building services, but also for operating them in production, ensuring reliability, observability, and continuous improvement across the full lifecycle of distributed systems.

You should be comfortable working primarily with Node.js and TypeScript, while also being confident operating within AWS-based cloud environments, particularly serverless architectures. We value engineers who can make sound architectural decisions in event-driven, distributed systems, and who are comfortable working across infrastructure, application code, and operational concerns.

Our engineering culture emphasizes autonomy with accountability: engineers are expected to own their services end-to-end, from design through deployment and production support, while collaborating closely with product, operations, and other engineering teams.

Contract type: Independent contractor / B2B

Duration : 12 months initial contract

Location: Portugal, remote

Commitment : Full-time, Monday–Friday

Invoicing: Monthly invoice, payment terms to be confirmed

Extension: Possible extension depending on project needs