Backend Engineeer
Vorto · Denver, CO · 1 wk ago
On-siteEngineering$15/hrFull-time
About the role
We are looking for a Backend Engineer who thrives in one of the hardest environments in business: legacy supply chains, enterprise customers, startup speed, and chaotic real-world operations.
What You Will Do
- Design, build, and operate services used daily by shippers, carriers, and drivers
- Automate developer-dependent tasks (e.g., tool creation and debugging) to accelerate internal and customer automation efforts
- Embed AI/LLMs (Vertex AI, open-source models, agentic tools) to automate decision-making and super-charge developer productivity
- Stabilize backend services
- Own Problems end to end
What You'll Work With
- Backend: Golang, Python, Postgres, Redis
- Infra: GCP
Must-have
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience delivering production systems at scale
- Strong background in product driven backend development
- Deep understanding of what makes systems performant, scalable, and maintainable
- Fluency with SQL schema design and data modeling for transactional & analytical workloads
- Demonstrated ability to leverage LLMs/AI agents to boost velocity and solve novel problems
- Superior product reasoning skills
- Exceptional written & verbal communication; able to align technical decisions with business outcomes
Nice-to-haves
- Proven track record of owning problems end to end
- Startup experience
- Experience stabilizing and scaling large code bases