Senior Backend Software Engineer

7Seventy Recruiting โ€” United States ยท Posted ~1 day ago

Senior $79.33-$93.75 per hour

Skills

Backend Development Distributed Systems Microservices Cloud Applications MySQL PostgreSQL MongoDB Code Review Cloud

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Summary

Build scalable backend platforms for enterprise applications. Design distributed services, optimize performance, mentor engineers, and collaborate across technical and business teams while solving complex engineering challenges.

Highlights

Excellent benefits including fully paid healthcare, unlimited paid time off, flexible working hours, professional development support, wellness stipend, and opportunities to mentor engineers.

Description

About the Role This opportunity is for a Senior Software Engineer, Backend responsible for designing, building, and scaling backend systems that support a modern engineering platform. The role focuses on solving complex technical challenges, improving scalability, and delivering reliable backend services for enterprise customers. You will collaborate closely with engineering, product, support, leadership, sales, and customers to build new capabilities, improve system performance, and continuously enhance the overall developer experience. What You'll Do Design, develop, and maintain scalable, efficient backend systems and services that meet enterprise requirements.Collaborate with engineers to build new features and improve existing functionality.Optimize the performance, reliability, and scalability of backend systems.Support production operations, including participation in a rotating incident response schedule.Conduct code reviews and provide constructive technical feedback.Write clean, maintainable, and thoroughly testable code that follows engineering best practices.Partner with engineering, product, leadership, sales, and customers to better understand technical requirements and improve user experiences.Continuously improve planning, development, and deployment processes.Mentor and support junior engineers. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.At least 5 years of experience building backend applications using modern programming languages.Experience developing distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-based applications.Experience working with modern database technologies such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or similar solutions.Knowledge of current software engineering best practices and the ability to learn and adopt new technologies and programming languages.Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and web development best practices.Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.Strong communication and collaboration abilities.Ability to mentor and coach junior engineers. Benefits 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees.Unlimited paid time off.Flexible working hours.401(k) retirement plan.Gender-neutral parental leave.$1,000 annual learning and professional development stipend.$400 monthly perks stipend for personal wellness or lifestyle expenses.Pet insurance.Multiple company offsites throughout the year.