Hire a Back-End Developer.
Build and operate the API, data model, and background jobs that your product actually runs on.
Pre-vetted, full-time dedicated, with HR & payroll handled.
Overview
What a Back-End Developer actually does.
Back-end developers we place own the services behind your product — APIs, schemas, queues, and observability. We vet for production instincts: data modelling, idempotency, failure modes, and the discipline to leave a codebase better than they found it.
Responsibilities
- Design and operate APIs, data models, and background jobs
- Instrument services with logging, metrics, and tracing
- Write migrations, seed scripts, and performance tests
- Review PRs with a focus on correctness and data integrity
- Participate in on-call and incident review
Core Skills
What they bring on day one.
WHAT A SHORTLIST LOOKS LIKE
What a placement for this role looks like.
Representative seniority bands and the stacks that come with them, for professionals recruited from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and the wider Middle East.
Mid-Level, 4 years
Mid-Level tier, $2,500–$3,500 CAD/month
Python, FastAPI, Redis, Docker
Senior, 7 years
Senior tier, $3,500–$5,000 CAD/month
Go, Postgres, Kafka, AWS
Illustrative bands, not real candidates and not a browsable roster. Your actual shortlist is briefed, vetted, and presented by a co-founder after the discovery call.
PRICING
Tiers that apply to this role.
One flat CAD monthly rate — sourcing, vetting, onboarding, HR, payroll, and account management included. No recruiter fees, no currency surprises.
- Everything in Junior
- Domain expertise
- Independent ownership
- Priority matching
- Everything in Mid
- Architecture-level skills
- Mentoring capability
- Strategic contribution
- Everything in Senior
- Team management
- Process design
- Executive presence
Need the full comparison against a local Canadian hire? See the pricing page →
How We Vet This Role
Role-scoped, not one-size-fits-all.
Back-end candidates solve a scoped API + schema exercise with an intentionally ambiguous requirement — we grade the questions they ask as much as the code they write.
See The Obelisk Vetting ProcessRELATED ROLES
Hiring more than one?
Start with one role and add more under the same contract. These are the roles that pair most naturally with this one.
Ready to brief a Back-End Developer?
15-minute call, written brief same day, shortlist within a week. If the first back-end developer is not the right fit, the 30-day replacement guarantee covers the second one.
Talk to a Co-Founder