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Backend Architect

Qualis1 Inc.
Denver, CO Contractor
POSTED ON 5/27/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/25/2026

Preferred Employment : OPEN FOR W2


We are seeking a hands-on Backend Technical Architect with strong experience in system design, technical leadership, and delivery of scalable distributed systems. This role involves owning end-to-end architecture, driving technical decisions, and ensuring system performance, reliability, and scalability.

The ideal candidate has 8 years of experience (3 in architecture) with deep expertise in Node.js/TypeScript, AWS, Kafka, and microservices architecture. Strong experience in performance optimization, DynamoDB, event-driven systems, and resilience patterns is required.

You will lead architecture design, mentor teams, define best practices, provide effort estimates, and resolve complex production issues. Familiarity with observability tools, CI/CD, DevOps, and infrastructure as code is preferred

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