Job ID: 11622
Location: Burnsville, Minnesota
Category: IT
Employment Type: Individual Consulting
Date Added: 06/01/2026
Job Type: Contract
Job Location: Remote
Overview
Seeking a Senior Engineer contractor with strong GraphQL expertise and deep frontend experience in ReactJS, Next.js, and React Native. This role will focus on GraphQL integration, best practices, and query optimization, while also contributing to frontend application development. The candidate will help define and document GraphQL standards to improve consistency, performance, and developer experience across teams.
Responsibilities:
• Design and implement GraphQL queries and integrations for frontend applications
• Optimize data fetching, performance, and API consumption patterns
• Define, document, and promote GraphQL best practices and standards across teams
• Contribute to improving GraphQL usage patterns, governance, and consistency
• Build and maintain modern web applications using ReactJS and Next.js
• Develop mobile features using React Native
• Integrate frontend applications with GraphQL and REST APIs
• Collaborate with backend teams for seamless data flow and system integration
• Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and agile ceremonies
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues; support operational stability
Requirements:
• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• Strong proficiency in GraphQL (query design, performance tuning, and best practices)
• Experience with GraphQL schema design, federation, or large-scale graph ecosystems
• Strong proficiency in ReactJS and Next.js
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript / TypeScript
• Proven experience defining, documenting, and enforcing GraphQL best practices and standards
• Experience building and consuming GraphQL and REST APIs
• Hands-on experience with React Native
• Strong understanding of frontend architecture and component design
• Experience with version control (Git)
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Datadog, ELK, or similar
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with Node.js backend integrations
• Cloud experience (AWS preferred) and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with accessibility and performance optimization
• Exposure to event-driven architecture (Kafka or similar)
The projected hourly range for this position is $60.00 – $95.00.
On-Demand Group (ODG) provides employee benefits which includes healthcare, dental, and vision insurance. ODG is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.