Mid-Level Backend Engineer

About the role

This organization operates in the construction management technology sector, addressing the challenge of streamlining communication and project coordination for construction teams. By providing a field-first platform, it enables real-time access to plans, tasks, and updates, uniting field and office personnel around a single source of truth. The platform supports millions of projects worldwide, facilitating better decision-making and project outcomes through digital innovation combined with industry expertise.

The Mid-Level Backend Engineer will contribute to the development and maintenance of scalable backend systems that support the core platform. This role is essential in ensuring the performance, security, and reliability of services used by a large user base, directly impacting the effectiveness of the construction management solution.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain production services at scale
• Develop new features for internal and external customers
• Debug production issues across multiple service layers
• Create integrations with external services and partners
• Enhance engineering standards, tooling, and processes
• Release and maintain a growing API with backward compatibility
• Develop auto-scaling services for varying load levels
• Participate in on-call rotation

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Minimum 3 years of backend development experience
• Proficiency in modern web application development and relational databases
• Strong coding practices emphasizing clean, well-tested, modular code
• Good understanding of algorithms and data structures
• Preferred: experience with Ruby on Rails or Rust
• Preferred: experience with high-traffic web applications
• Preferred: knowledge of Docker and containerization
• Preferred: experience with AWS

Pay

Estimated salary range: $145,000.00 - $170,000.00; potential corporate bonus up to 30%; actual salary offer depends on skills, qualifications, experience, and location.