Jobs · Engineering · California

Senior Backend Developer

Cognitive Systems Corp. · Waterloo, CA · 1 mo ago
EngineeringFull-time

Skill Set

  • Strong ownership mindset and ability to deliver independently while collaborating well.
  • Experience building and maintaining REST APIs in production (testing, monitoring, reliability).
  • Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript.
  • Experience with Docker, Git, and modern development workflows (code reviews, CI).
  • Solid fundamentals in backend design: data modeling, performance, security, and debugging.

What You’ll Do

  • Build, maintain, and operate scalable, secure backend services and APIs (TypeScript and/or Python).
  • Design and evolve data models and services across SQL and NoSQL systems (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB, time-series).
  • Develop integration-ready APIs and workflows for partners and customers (authentication, versioning, reliability, observability).
  • Collaborate with product, data science, and engineering to deliver new features end-to-end.
  • Improve our developer experience: CI/CD pipelines, testing, monitoring/alerting, and internal tooling.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 5+ years of relevant software development experience, with a strong track record of delivering production-ready systems.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with AWS and/or cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes a plus).
  • Experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and/or time-series databases.
  • Automated testing with tools like Jest (or similar).
  • Exposure to React or other frontend frameworks.
  • IoT platform experience (e.g., MQTT) and large-scale data ingestion pipelines.

Benefits

  • Competitive salaries.
  • An excellent extended health benefits plan.
  • 5 weeks of paid annual time off.
  • A fitness and wellness credit.
  • Free catered lunch in-office every day!

Pay

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Schedule

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