This contract role is for someone who writes clean, predictable systems, communicates well, and enjoys solving practical backend problems without unnecessary complexity.

About 42Peaks

42Peaks is a small, senior engineering team that has quietly built and shipped systems for companies operating at massive scale. Our work has included:

Supporting a
global, India-first conglomerate
in hardening and extending their flagship commerce and retail platforms; from API development to performance improvements to distributed systems reliability.
Building production systems for a
category-leading logistics startup
, including dispatch pipelines, geospatial services, and real-time operational tooling.
Creating end-to-end digital experiences for
fast-growing healthcare organizations
, covering everything from web infrastructure to assessment engines to mobile interfaces.

We tend to take on problems where correctness, clarity, and execution matter: practical backend engineering, clean interfaces, well-structured data models, and the kind of systems work that has to function under real-world pressure.

We re now assembling a small contract team for an upcoming internal product. It s a greenfield build with clear constraints, strong engineering mentorship, and a high emphasis on learning and ownership.

What You ll Work On

You ll work on tightly scoped backend modules that sit inside real products used by real customers. Your work will be reviewed, deployed, and relied upon. Not thrown away.

These are representative examples of the kind of engineering you ll do here:

Building a small
scoring engine
that evaluates structured assessments with consistency, reliability checks, and corner-case handling.
Designing a minimal
pair-comparison payload generator
that allows two users to compare results without leaking any sensitive fields.
Creating a clean, predictable
in-memory or lightweight persistent data model
that external surfaces can plug into.
Implementing
fast, correctness-first request handlers
on Node.js that avoid magic, avoid bloat, and behave predictably in production.
Writing
small utilities
that stitch together business logic, data transformation, and domain constraints.
Improving
runtime safety
through validation, guardrails, and well-defined boundaries.
Writing code that other engineers can read, understand, and extend: without a 30-minute explanation.

You wont be building giant microservices or reinventing complex libraries. Youll be building

real modules that demand clarity, correctness, and ownership.

Who We re Looking For

Someone who writes clean, thoughtful backend code, and cares about the details.

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About 42Peaks

global, India-first conglomerate

category-leading logistics startup

fast-growing healthcare organizations

What You ll Work On

scoring engine

pair-comparison payload generator

in-memory or lightweight persistent data model

fast, correctness-first request handlers

small utilities

runtime safety

real modules that demand clarity, correctness, and ownership.

Who We re Looking For

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