Sr. Backend Nest Developer

Full-time · Sun–Thu, 40 hours/week · 2 openings. Senior NestJS/Prisma engineer for LMS, auth, exams, and notifications. Senior only.

Make The Maker is expanding a multilingual educational platform built with modern TypeScript. We need a senior backend developer to implement core educational features in our NestJS backend: AI, ESB, streaming, meetings, auth, communication, eCom, CMS, notifications, exams, grading, scheduling, and LMS capabilities.

Key responsibilities

• Develop backend services for notifications, exam management, grading workflows, and LMS features
• Build REST APIs following NestJS patterns with comprehensive Zod validation
• Design efficient Prisma schemas and queries against PostgreSQL
• Implement RBAC for educational workflows
• Write comprehensive tests and uphold high code-quality standards
• Collaborate inside an Nx TypeScript monorepo
• Architecture: Nx monorepo with modular design
• Testing: Jest with comprehensive coverage
• Security: RBAC enforcement and secure authentication
• Quality: strict TypeScript and OpenAPI documentation

Development standards

• Clean architecture with clear module boundaries
• Security focus and inclusive design principles
• Unit and integration tests required for all features

Required qualifications

• 5+ years backend development; 3+ years Node.js and TypeScript
• Strong NestJS and Prisma experience
• PostgreSQL and REST API design proficiency
• Zod validation and type-safe development
• RBAC, security best practices, and Jest testing

Preferred qualifications

• Education-domain or LMS experience
• Streaming, scheduling, or grading-system work