Senior Node.js and NestJS Developer, Remote from Pakistan

What I build

Node work comes to me in three forms. One is a NestJS API with clear modules: accounts, catalog, bookings, notifications, each with its own boundaries and tests. Another is an existing Express or Nest service that has become a single folder of handlers, where I pull domain logic out of controllers so a second developer can change a rule without rereading the framework. The third is a full product where Node is the system of record and Next.js is the public site, which is how Tour27 was built.

I am picky about the contract between services. DTOs that match what the client actually sends. Validation at the edge, business rules inside the module, and persistence behind a repository so a database change does not leak into every controller. Long work goes on a queue. Webhooks are stored, acknowledged, and processed, because a partner will retry and your handler will run twice if you pretend otherwise.

I also work on the operational side of Node. Structured logs, health checks, and a pipeline that builds a Docker image the same way in staging and production. A NestJS app that only runs on one laptop is not finished. The teams that hire me usually have a US timezone and a backlog that needs a senior engineer who can both design the module map and implement the first two modules.

Relevant projects

Tour27 is the Node case study. It is a travel and tour discovery platform with listings, itineraries, lead capture, and an admin CMS. I owned architecture and delivery, built a modular NestJS backend, and shipped a Next.js frontend with server rendering and static generation where those helped search. REConnect is primarily Laravel, but the support chatbot and MCP server sit next to that platform and show how I connect a Node-side agent to an existing product. If your API must talk to a PHP system of record, I have lived on both sides of that line.

• Tour27 case studyNestJS backend and Next.js frontend for a travel platform, owned end to end.
• REConnect case studyProduction platform with an MCP support chatbot beside a Laravel core.

Stack

The default server stack is Node.js with TypeScript, NestJS when the domain has several modules, and Express when the service should stay small. Data is PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB depending on the product, with Redis for cache and short-lived jobs. I document REST endpoints and keep auth explicit: tokens, roles, and a place where a revoked session actually dies. Docker is the delivery unit. AWS is the usual host. Kubernetes is available when you already operate a cluster and want the service to join it, not as decoration on a single API.

• Node.js, TypeScript, NestJS, Express
• PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis
• REST, webhooks, queues, token auth
• Next.js when the same engagement includes the public app
• Docker, AWS, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes where the platform uses it

Process

I start by asking what the Node service is allowed to own. If that answer is fuzzy, the first week is a module map and one vertical slice, not a rewrite. You get the slice on a staging URL. After that we add modules in an order that matches revenue or risk, not the order they appear in a brainstorming doc.

Communication is written and short. I am in Lahore (UTC+5) and I overlap US East Coast mornings, so a review you leave at 9am on the East Coast reaches me the same afternoon in Pakistan. I reply to a new inquiry within one business day.

Pricing and engagement

Node and NestJS work is either a fixed build, with the modules named up front, or a retainer if you want a senior engineer on the API after the first release. I will not quote a universal hourly number here. Scope, existing code quality, and whether I am also responsible for the Next.js client all change the shape. Send the repository or a one-page brief to aamirallidev@gmail.com, or use the homepage contact section. Remote only, from Pakistan, with live overlap at the start of the US East Coast day.

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