Hire backend developers for APIs and systems that hold up

Nobody notices a backend until it goes down or leaks data. Cubehire backend developers design the APIs, data models, queues and integrations behind your product with security, observability and scale in mind from the first commit.

Hire Backend Developers How we vet them
The work

What our Backend Developers build

Typical projects companies bring a backend developer in for.

1

REST and GraphQL APIs

Versioned, documented APIs with authentication, rate limits and consistent error handling.

2

Data models and databases

Schemas, indexes and migrations that keep queries fast as tables grow into millions of rows.

3

Background processing

Queues and workers for emails, imports, billing runs and anything too slow for a web request.

4

Third party integrations

Stripe, Salesforce, HubSpot, Twilio and other APIs connected with retries and webhooks.

Skills

Skills we test every backend developer on

  • API design
  • SQL and PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • Message queues
  • Authentication and OAuth
  • Node.js, Python, PHP, Java or Go
  • Docker
  • Caching strategies
  • Logging and monitoring
  • Unit and integration tests
  • Webhooks
  • Cloud deployment
Vetting

How we vet Backend Developers

Every backend developer sits the Cubehire AI interview: multiple choice fundamentals, a timed written and coding round, and a recorded video round. A person on our team then reviews the profile before any company sees it. For this role, the interview checks that they can:

  1. Check 1

    Designs an API and schema for a real feature in the written round, including failure cases.

  2. Check 2

    Finds and fixes a slow query or race condition in a timed coding task.

  3. Check 3

    Explains authentication, input validation and secret handling in practical terms.

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Vetted Backend Developers in the network

Each profile carries a scored AI interview and a human review.

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Tell us about your backend developer role

New profiles are approved every week. Describe the role and we will send matched, interview scored Backend Developers within 48 hours.

Describe the role
How it works

Hire in 4 easy steps

From the first conversation to a signed engineer, without the six-week search in between.

01
Define
Tell us what you need

Describe the role, the stack and the work. No job spec required, a conversation is enough.

02
Discover
Meet the top engineers

Three to five matched engineers within 48 hours, each with their AI interview score attached.

03
Evaluate
Interview with ease

Pick who you want to meet and we handle the scheduling on both sides.

04
Onboard
Hire with confidence

Contracts, USD payroll and compliance handled. You get an engineer, not an admin project.

Terms

Simple terms for US companies

Shortlist in 48 hours

Three to five interview scored profiles that match your stack, delivered within two days.

Hours that overlap yours

A shifted working day agreed during hiring, with daily overlap with Eastern or Pacific time.

Contracts and payroll handled

We carry the paperwork and pay the developer in USD, so you are not opening an entity abroad.

Replacement guarantee

If the fit is not right, we replace the developer at no extra cost within the guarantee period.

Hiring Backend Developers

Questions about hiring Backend Developers

What companies ask before they hire a backend developer through Cubehire.

Talk to our team
A backend developer builds the server side of your product: APIs, business logic, databases, background jobs and integrations. They make sure data is stored correctly, requests are secure and the system keeps up as usage grows.
Node.js, Python, PHP, Java, .NET, Go and Ruby are all covered, each with its own page. Tell us your current stack and we match developers who already work in it.
Most can deploy with Docker and a CI pipeline to AWS, Google Cloud or Azure. For infrastructure as code and Kubernetes at scale, pair them with a DevOps engineer.
With multiple choice fundamentals, written system design questions and a timed coding task based on starter code, all scored and summarized on the profile you receive.
A flat rate quoted before you interview anyone: a one time fee for full time placements, or a fixed monthly rate for contract work. There is no percentage of salary. See the pricing page for current rates.

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