Backend Developer - Remote

TopSyntax Inc is based in Fremont, California, U.S.A., also known as “ Silicon Valley ”.

We connect exceptional software engineers from around the world to top U.S. and Silicon Valley companies that are hiring for remote software positions. Who becomes a TopSyntax Engineer

• You have at least 3 years of industry experience as a software engineer. If you have worked as a senior software engineer, tech lead, or architect, you will have even more job opportunities on TopSyntax.
• You have strong data structures and algorithm concepts.
• You can spend 2-3 hours on our programming tests, skill challenges, and video interviews.
• These tests were designed by our leadership (ex-Engineers from Macys and WalmartLabs).
• You can adjust work hours to overlap at least 4 hours a day with a company in Silicon Valley or New York.
• You are a fluent English communicator, and you will be able to communicate effectively over daily video calls with engineering managers in U.S. Software companies.
• You can function effectively and be valuable to U.S.engineering management without too much hand-holding and micromanagement.
• You don’t need your manager to write detailed JIRAtickets for you
• You are capable of discussing your manager’s objectives and proposing a working roadmap and specific tasks to the manager for approval.
• You are an extremely proactive communicator, who understands the challenges of remote work and the need to over-communicate to offset those challenges.
• You are good at feature planning and estimation.
• You can discuss business priorities with U.S. companies and propose sensible software/business tradeoffs that are in line with their priorities.

Job Description

The ideal candidate is a self-motivated, multi-tasker, and demonstrated team-player.

• It's a part-time job and you will have to work 4 hours per day.
• You will be responsible for the development of new software products and enhancements to existing products.
• You should excel in working with large-scale applications and frameworks. 

Skills and Responsibilities·      

• 3 years Backend development experience in any language.
• Writing clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code·      
• Develop and support software including applications, database integration, interfaces, and new functionality enhancements·      
• Coordinate cross-functionally to ensure the project meets business objectives and compliance standards·      
• Support test and deployment of new products and features·      
• Participate in code reviews.

Benefits of Becoming a TopSyntax Engineer

• TopSyntax salaries are higher than local software engineer salaries in most countries.
• You don’t need a US visa since you’ll be working remotely.
• You’ll be able to join an exceptional community of engineers.
• TopSyntax only partners with the U.S. Software companies whose project engagements are full-time and expected to last 6 months or more.
• TopSyntax developer works full time with a singleTopSyntax partner company for 6-9 months on average, compared to most freelancing websites with very short gigs.
• TopSyntax projects are typically long term, which gives you the opportunity to grow as a software engineer, which is hard with gigs.
• If a TopSyntax developer's work with a partner company completes in a few months, TopSyntax re-matches engineers to other partner companies within 2-3 weeks on average.
• TopSyntax also offers mentorship and guidance regarding technologies most valued by US companies and also resources to help you grow fast as a software engineer.
• Today this is accessible to engineers working locally for Silicon Valley companies, but we want the same to be available to exceptional software engineers.
• TopSyntax partners with a number of U.S. companies in Silicon Valley, Texas, New York, Washington, and many other states.
• We help fill a large number of full-time remote roles including full-stack, frontend, backend, mobile, UI/UX, DevOps, AI and Data Engineering and more, and so we can match you with the perfect role for you.
• It's a part-time job and you will have to work 4 hours per day.