Hire a Node.js Developer — APIs & Real-Time, Remote Worldwide
Remote worldwide · UTC+5 · APIs · WebSockets · integrations
I'm Adnan Ali, a senior backend developer with six years building server-side systems on Node.js — high-throughput APIs, real-time WebSocket servers, and AI integrations. I've built the API behind a food-ordering platform handling thousands of concurrent requests, real-time features for a social network, and Node services wiring OpenAI and LangChain into product. Hire a Node developer who tunes for the load you actually have: clustering, caching, connection pooling, and sane async patterns.
I work remotely worldwide from Lahore (UTC+5), overlapping European mornings and US East Coast afternoons. Whether it's a plain Express service or a structured NestJS backend, I build APIs that stay fast under real traffic and are documented enough that the next person can pick them up.
Recent, relevant work
Thousands of concurrent requests
Cheezious — Online Food Ordering System
Node and NestJS API behind a national food-ordering platform, running at 99.9% uptime.
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LlamaEdu — AI Lesson Planning Platform
Node services wiring OpenAI and LangChain into an AI lesson-planning tool.
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CronShift — Healthcare Workforce Management
Node backend powering healthcare workforce management and scheduling.
read the case study →What I build with Node.js
REST & real-time APIs
HTTP APIs and Socket.IO servers built for throughput, with auth and validation baked in.
AI & third-party integrations
OpenAI, LangChain, Stripe, and other APIs integrated cleanly and resiliently.
Performance & scaling
Clustering, Redis caching, connection pooling, and profiling to remove real bottlenecks.
Background jobs & queues
Reliable async work with BullMQ and Redis for exports, notifications, and heavy tasks.
Auth & security
JWT or session auth, rate limiting, input validation, and secrets handled properly.
Databases
PostgreSQL or MongoDB access with an ORM, migrations, and queries that stay fast.
Three steps, no mystery
Intro call
A 30-minute call to understand the goal, scope, and constraints. No charge, no obligation.
Written proposal
A scope with milestones, a timeline, and a fixed or weekly rate — whichever fits the work better.
Weekly delivery
Work ships in weekly increments you can review, with a shared board and a demo link that's always current.
Common questions
- How much does it cost to hire a Node.js developer?
- For freelance work I typically bill between $30 and $60 per hour depending on scope and commitment, or a fixed price for well-defined projects. Longer retainers cost less per hour. I always quote before we start, so there are no surprise invoices.
- Express or NestJS?
- Depends on the project's lifespan. For small or short-lived services, Express is lean. For anything a team maintains long-term, I use NestJS for the structure. I'll recommend the one that fits, not a default.
- Do you work with US and EU timezones?
- Yes. I'm in Lahore (UTC+5), which overlaps EU mornings and US East Coast afternoons. I keep a few hours of daily live overlap for standups, pairing, and reviews, and I'm flexible on exact hours for the right project.
- Can you handle real-time features?
- Yes — live order tracking, chat, and presence with Socket.IO are things I've shipped to production, including the scaling and reconnection edge cases that usually get skipped.
- Do you build the frontend too?
- I'm full-stack, so I can build the React or Next.js frontend that consumes your Node API, with a typed contract between the two.