Senior Full-Stack Developer (Backend-Focused) - Volunteer

About the role

Havora is building a relationship platform that combines technology, human psychology, research and compatibility-driven introductions to help people form intentional, meaningful and lasting connections. It is looking for a senior, backend-focused Full-Stack Developer who wants to take technical ownership of backend development, architecture and implementation and collaborate with product, design and engineering teams. Frontend proficiency is an added advantage.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain scalable backend services and APIs.
• Contribute to backend architecture, database design and system integrations.
• Build services with clean architecture and reusable code, applying microservices principles where appropriate.
• Collaborate with frontend and mobile developers and review code to uphold engineering standards.
• Take part in technical planning and drive assigned deliverables to completion.

Required profile

• Senior engineer with proven experience shipping real digital products.
• Ability to work independently, make sound technical decisions and lead technically.
• Genuine interest in the company's mission and willingness to contribute to an early-stage startup.

Required skills

• Strong JavaScript and TypeScript, advanced Node.js and strong NestJS.
• REST APIs, databases, authentication and system integrations.
• Microservices, scalable systems and clean code; Git, GitHub, testing and CI/CD.
• Advantageous: Next.js, React, PostgreSQL, Supabase, cloud infrastructure and production-grade apps.

What we offer

• 6-month volunteer contract, 10-15 hours per week, fully remote with flexible hours.
• Unpaid opportunity; future paid opportunities may be considered as the company grows.

To apply, send your CV, LinkedIn, GitHub and links to relevant projects to the company by email.