HIRE

Hire senior Node.js & Python developers

Vetted Node.js and Python backend engineers for APIs, microservices, event-driven systems, and data platforms — production reliability from day one.

EXPERTISE

What our backend engineers bring to your team

Every engineer we place has run backends against real load — with observability, error budgets, and a habit of writing runbooks.

Node.js APIs

REST, GraphQL, and tRPC APIs in Node with NestJS or Fastify — with typed contracts and clean domain boundaries.

Python backends

FastAPI and Django services with typed pydantic models, real testing, and Celery or RQ where async work needs a queue.

Event-driven systems

Kafka, NATS, and RabbitMQ pipelines with idempotent consumers, retry policies, and dead-letter handling built in.

Data pipelines

Airflow, Dagster, and dbt pipelines feeding Postgres, Snowflake, and BigQuery — with data-quality checks in the DAG.

Payment & billing services

Stripe, PayPal, and ACH integrations with idempotency keys, dispute handling, and reconciliation you can audit.

Observability

OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and structured logging wired in from the first commit — not retrofitted after a bad incident.

TECHNOLOGY

The backend stack they work in

The tools our engineers are fluent in — deployed to production, not just installed once.

Node.js TypeScript Python FastAPI Django NestJS PostgreSQL Redis Kafka RabbitMQ gRPC GraphQL Docker Kubernetes
WHAT THEY BUILD

The backends our engineers ship in production

The services our engineers have delivered against real load, real regulatory scrutiny, and real 3am pagers.

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Multi-tenant SaaS backends

Backends with tenant isolation, quota enforcement, plan-based feature gating, and clean upgrade paths.

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Payment & billing APIs

Stripe-shaped billing services with proration, dunning, invoice generation, and reconciliation against ledgers.

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Data ingestion pipelines

Batch and streaming pipelines that land, validate, and transform data with observability the data team trusts.

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B2B integrations

Webhooks, OAuth flows, and API adapters for Salesforce, HubSpot, NetSuite, and long-tail SaaS partners.

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Real-time services

WebSocket and SSE backends for chat, presence, and live updates — with backpressure and reconnect built in.

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Internal admin APIs

Auditable admin services with role-based access, action logging, and safe self-service tooling for support teams.

HIRING PROCESS

From requirements call to first deploy

A tight four-step flow — no résumé shopping, no vendor friction, engineers shipping services within a week.

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Requirements call

A 45-minute call with our engineering lead to scope skills, seniority, tooling, and the specific services the hire will own.

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Shortlist in 48 hours

Two or three matched engineer profiles delivered within 48 hours, each with recent backend work you can review.

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Technical interviews

Interview shortlisted engineers directly — API design, database modeling, or a debugging exercise on production-shaped code.

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Start within a week

Selected engineer joins your Slack, repos, and standups. Contract, invoicing, and onboarding handled by us.

WHY HIRE THIS WAY

What you get that in-house hiring misses

Backend hiring is slow and expensive. Ours starts moving your services this week.

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Real production reliability

Our engineers have carried pagers and written the runbooks. They ship services with observability, not just endpoints.

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Senior-only engineers

Every engineer we place has shipped production backends. No juniors billed as seniors, no résumé inflation.

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Fast onboarding

A new engineer contributing to services within the first week — no month-long ramp before real backend work starts.

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Own your infrastructure

All code, IaC, and runbooks live in your repositories. Your team owns and operates what we build together.

FEATURED WORK

A backend built by the engineers we place

A production AI system with real load and real data, delivered by the same bench you would be hiring from.

NeuraDesk case study AI • RAG

NeuraDesk

A retrieval-augmented support copilot that grounds answers in a company's own knowledge base.

LangChain • RAG Pipeline • Vector Search • Evaluation

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WHY ZIKOSOFT

Why teams hire backend engineers through us

A senior bench, direct engagement, and a delivery track record that other backend hiring channels don't match.

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Engineers who have run backends in production

Our engineers have carried pagers, written the runbooks, and owned services with SLOs — not just built REST endpoints.

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Direct access to the engineers

You interview, choose, and work with the engineers themselves. No layers of account management or handoffs.

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Vetted for design, not just syntax

We test for API design, data modeling, and failure-mode thinking — not just whether they can write a for-loop.

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You keep the code and the ops knowledge

Code, IaC, dashboards, and runbooks stay in your repos. Your team is set up to operate the services after we roll off.

FAQ

Common questions about hiring backend engineers

Practical answers on seniority, engagement, timelines, and how our engineers plug into your team.

How do you vet backend engineers?
Every engineer we place has been through a technical screen on a real backend problem — API design, a data-modeling exercise, or a debugging session on production-shaped code — plus a review of shipped work.
Node.js or Python — how do you pick?
We match to the stack you already run. Most of our engineers are strong in one and comfortable in the other; a few are cross-fluent enough to lead in both.
Can they own database and schema work?
Yes. Our engineers design schemas, write migrations, and reason about indexes and query plans — not just call the ORM.
Do your engineers work in my time zone?
Yes. We match to your time zone and working hours, with at least four hours of daily overlap for standups, reviews, and pairing.
Who owns the code and IP?
You do. All work-for-hire clauses assign IP to you on delivery. Code lives in your repositories from day one.
Can engineers work through my staffing vendor or MSA?
Yes. We can work through an existing MSA, tier-two staffing arrangement, or contract directly. Whichever your legal team prefers.

Need a backend engineer on your team this week?

Tell us the service and the stack. We'll come back with a shortlist within 48 hours.

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