Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Full-time, Remote, React, Node.js, AWS)
Senior full-stack engineer owning Pixory's e-commerce platform for personalized photobooks end to end: pixel-perfect React/Next.js frontends (including canvas-based design tools), Node.js APIs, and AWS infrastructure, with print/PDF production pipeline work. Lean, fully remote team.
- Compensation
- $30K–$45K / yr
- Location
- Dubai
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Category
- Fullstack
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 5+ years full-stack JavaScript/TypeScript
- 3+ years React in production environments
- 3+ years Node.js backend at scale (100k+ requests/day)
- 2+ years hands-on AWS infrastructure (EC2, RDS, S3 minimum)
- Docker and CI/CD pipeline experience
- PostgreSQL or similar SQL database
- REST API design and implementation
- Strong DevOps knowledge; comfortable owning architecture decisions
- Autonomous problem-solver who takes ownership
Nice to have
- Photobook, print-on-demand, or design tool industry experience
- Built image processing pipelines (crop, resize, format conversion)
- Open-source contributions in React/Canvas ecosystem
- E-commerce platform development
- Payment integration (Stripe, PayPal)
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Kubernetes)
- CMYK color space management
- PDF generation: LaTeX, Puppeteer, PDF-lib, or similar
- Print specifications: bleed, trim boxes, ICC profiles
- Command-line tools: ImageMagick, Ghostscript
Full description
Compensation: $30k – $45k
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About Pixory
Pixory is a fast-growing e-commerce platform for personalized photobooks. We're building a proprietary CMS to scale globally and need senior engineers who can own the full stack - from pixel-perfect frontends to production-grade infrastructure.
Your Mission
Build and scale our e-commerce platform end-to-end. You'll work across React frontends, Node.js APIs, and AWS infrastructure - shipping features that serve hundreds of thousands of users while maintaining the performance and reliability our customers expect.
Tech Stack:Front end:
- React 18+ with TypeScript
- Next.js 14+ (SSR/SSG)
- Tailwind CSS, responsive design
- Canvas libraries: Konva.js, Fabric.js, or react-konva
- State management: Zustand, Redux Toolkit, or Jotai
- Performance: Web Workers, OffscreenCanvas, lazy loading
- Unit tests: Jest
Back end
- Node.js 18+ (Fastify/Express)
- PostgreSQL with Prisma/TypeORM, indexing
- Redis (caching, queues)
- BullMQ for job processing
- Sharp.js for image processing
- REST API design and implementation
Infrastructure & DevOps
- AWS: EC2, RDS, S3, CloudFront, ElastiCache, Autoscaling, DB Cluster (Master/Slave)
- Docker containerization
- CI/CD: GitHub Actions
- Monitoring: CloudWatch, Grafana
Required Experience
- 5+ years full stack JavaScript/TypeScript
- 3+ years React in production environments
- 3+ years Node.js backend at scale (100k+ requests/day)
- 2+ years hands-on AWS infrastructure (EC2, RDS, S3 minimum)
- Docker and CI/CD pipeline experience
- PostgreSQL or similar SQL database
- REST API design and implementation
- Strong DevOps knowledge - you're comfortable owning architecture decisions
Must-Haves
- React + TypeScript production experience
- Node.js backend at real scale
- AWS hands-on experience (not just certifications)