Backend Developer

Strategic Advisory Group; Downey (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 192,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Advisory Group is seeking a Senior Backend Developer to turn ideas about Google Cloud into customer-ready solutions in Downey, CA. The role offers a salary range of $140,000–$192,000 and growth opportunities beyond the stated range.

You'll work on Django-based pipelines, Redis-driven outages, and Selenium-based testing while aligning with Scrum practices. Strong cloud and backend expertise are essential to deliver scalable, secure systems in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Ownership mindset to handle high-stakes projects
• Ability to learn new technology systems quickly and apply them
• On-site work in Downey, CA or willingness to relocate
• Hands-on command of Nginx, with Google Cloud as a close second

Responsibilities

• Translate Redis outage fixes into durable improvements for the next Downey launch
• Integrate Scrum events into Django pipelines for technology reports
• Promote testing, security, and observability best practices
• Prototype Redis ideas quickly and select those to adopt in the stack
• Ship Scrum experiments fast, evaluate outcomes, and double down on successes
• Optimize app performance, latency, and resource usage at scale
• Strengthen auth to pass the CA audit
• Apply Django and Selenium to solve engineering challenges

Skills

Ownership mindset

Quick learning

On-site Downey, CA

Nginx

Tools

Google Cloud

Redis

Django

Job description

Strategic Advisory Group is looking for a senior Backend Developer who can turn fiercely-supportive ideas about Google Cloud into something a customer never has to think about. The senior Backend Developer role rewards range — Selenium, Scrum, 6 years — with $140,000 - $192,000 and a seat that grows beyond it.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate the solutions-focused Redis outage into fixes that make the next Downey launch dull
• Stitch Scrum events into the Django pipeline feeding Strategic Advisory Group's technology reports
• Drive adoption of best practices in testing, security, and observability
• Prototype rough Redis ideas fast, then decide which earn a place in Strategic Advisory Group's stack
• Ship Scrum experiments fast, kill the losers, and double down on what sticks
• Optimize application performance, latency, and resource utilization at scale
• Harden Strategic Advisory Group's Cultural Awareness auth so the CA audit comes back clean
• Apply Django and Selenium to solve fiercely-supportive engineering challenges

What You'll Bring

• An appetite for ownership that scales with the stakes
• Ability to learn new technology systems quickly and apply them effectively
• Prior experience working on-site in Downey, CA, or willingness to relocate
• Hands-on command of Nginx, with Google Cloud as a close second

What began as two engineers and a whiteboard in Downey is now Strategic Advisory Group, a performance-driven team obsessed with getting Coaching right. The deadline-driven pace here is real, but so is the permission to log off and recover.

The offer rewards both ends, $140,000 - $192,000 for your Redis today and mentorship for the senior leader you become tomorrow.

We touched the timestamp today; the Backend Developer hunt continues in earnest.

Your background in Linux could be exactly the missing piece here in Downey, so reach out.