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James Sheldon
Fullstack Developer @ Contra
Matt Kettelkamp
Full-stack & 3D Developer
Shashank Agarwal
Tech Team Builder & Software Architect
James Crosslin
Fullstack Software Engineer who loves APIs!
Joseph Hall
Amateur Film Photographer based in NYC
Sheng Yu
Full stack developer / Smart contract developer
Arbaz Irshad
Fullstack Engineer with Flutter expertise
Mohamed Aitmiloud
Backend Engineer
Arwah Mbarak
tech, meet design
Marin Juršić
Web Dev & Designer: Seamless Digital Solutions
Antonio Brkic
Full-Stack Web Developer, Fast Learner
Tomi E. Salami
Go from idea to product
David Brown
Innovative tech strategist.
Murtaza lightwala
Remote-Ready Full Stack Developer
Dino Budic
Backend Dev: Laravel, API. Great Communicator.
Samita Mondal
Fullstack Engineer specializing in Website Development
Laith Abbas
Digital Marketing Specialist 🌐
RIYAZ UR RAHAMAN DUDEKULA
Actionable Social Media Marketing Solutions
Bhargav Ponnapalli
Fullstack Engineer
Aashir Aftab
Web Dev Wizard: MERN, JS, Wordpress, Shopify
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Freelance backend engineers are paid commission-free on Contra. They may charge per project, per hour, or per milestone. Freelance backend engineers get paid for the work they produce for their clients. Clients must pay a minimum of $250 or $25 an hour to post an opportunity on Contra.
A freelance backend engineer is a self-employed engineer who uses programming languages to build databases and maintain web servers.
A freelance backend engineer can make sure that your website or application is hosted properly so it works correctly and without issues. A freelance backend engineer can also troubleshoot issues and run performance reports for your business.
A freelance backend engineer builds databases, maintains web servers, writes application programming interfaces (API), and builds security protocols and encryptions. Freelance backend engineers will also write performance reports and ensure that applications and websites are hosted correctly.
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