[Hiring] Full-Stack Software Engineer @Lifted, an Upwork Company™

Role Description

We are seeking a full-stack software engineer with a strong backend focus to build and maintain services, integrations, and web experiences for a modern content management platform. The role combines:

• Node.js backend development
• React and Next.js frontend work
• Headless CMS implementation
• API integrations
• Automated testing
• Personalization
• Performance improvement

AI-assisted development is part of the day-to-day workflow, but AI engineering or large language model expertise is not required.

Qualifications

• Approximately 4-5+ years of software engineering experience preferred
• Strong JavaScript and TypeScript skills
• Strong Node.js and backend-development experience
• Strong React experience
• Experience with Next.js or a similar server-side rendering framework
• Experience building backend services and REST APIs
• Experience with GraphQL or gRPC
• Experience integrating third-party APIs
• Experience with a headless CMS such as Contentstack, Contentful, Strapi, or a similar platform
• Experience building reusable UI components and dynamic forms
• Experience with unit, integration, and end-to-end testing
• Experience with Jest, Playwright, React Testing Library, or similar testing tools
• Familiarity with Git and CI/CD
• Experience with code-quality tools such as ESLint and Prettier
• Experience using AI-assisted development practices in day-to-day engineering work
• Experience supporting personalization and A/B testing
• Enterprise experience strongly preferred

Requirements

• Emotion or another CSS-in-JS approach
• Storybook or Chromatic
• Accessibility testing
• Experience working with a design system
• Koa, Express.js, or a similar Node.js framework
• Redis or another caching technology
• Performance and caching optimization
• Google Maps integrations

Benefits

• Contract engagement at 40 hours per week
• Anticipated engagement runs through March 31, 2027

Location, Time & Engagement

• Candidates must be based in LATAM
• US Central Time coverage is required