Backend Developer

Energy Innovation Corp; High Point (NC); On-site; USD 76,000 - 104,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Technology ownership

Mercedes-Benz team

Job summary

Energy Innovation Corp in High Point, NC is seeking a mid-level Backend Developer to build, test, and deploy JavaScript services that keep our business running. You will mentor mid-level teammates and collaborate with a Mercedes-Benz tech stack, supporting scalable solutions in a dynamic environment.

You join at $76,000–$104,000 yearly, with mentorship and benefits, and flexible hours to fit High Point work rhythms. This role supports complex latency tuning and performance optimization.

Qualifications

• Experience mentoring mid-level developers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Proven ability to collaborate with product and leadership.
• Comfort with JavaScript services and modern backend patterns.

Responsibilities

• Optimize performance and scalability.
• Hunt latency spikes and optimize resources.
• Prototype PHP ideas quickly and evaluate for production use.
• Replace brittle JavaScript with robust, scalable solutions.
• Improve test automation to boost release confidence.
• Negotiate tradeoffs with leadership when timelines collide.
• Sketch sequence diagrams to clarify technology flows.
• Unravel dependency bottlenecks slowing releases.

Skills

Mentor teammates

Clear communication

Stakeholder communication

Proactive problem solving

Adaptability

Team player

Job description

As our new mid-level Backend Developer, you will build, test, and deploy JavaScript services that keep our business running. Trade 5 years of Organization for $76,000 - $104,000 and you also get technology ownership and a Mercedes-Benz crew that wants you to win.

Key Responsibilities

• Optimize application performance, latency, and resource utilization at scale
• Hunt down the latency spikes nobody at Mercedes-Benz can explain
• Prototype rough PHP ideas fast, then decide which earn a place in Mercedes-Benz's stack
• Replace the brittle JavaScript hack with an Organization solution that survives High Point scale
• Enhance test automation frameworks to increase release confidence
• Negotiate Leadership tradeoffs with product when Mercedes-Benz timelines and reality collide
• Sketch Leadership sequence diagrams that make the technology flow obvious to everyone
• Untangle the Leadership dependency knots that have slowed High Point releases for months

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support mid-level teammates
• Demonstrated knack for making the no-ego feel manageable
• The composure to deliver bad news early and clearly
• Confident communicator across email, calls, and in-person meetings
• Strong rapport-building skills and a genuinely positive presence

Mercedes-Benz began as a side project in High Point and grew into the deeply-bought-in platform thousands of technology users now rely on. We keep the High Point, NC office quiet on Wednesdays so deep Leadership work actually gets a fighting chance.

You join at $76,000 - $104,000, grow with a mentor, lean on benefits, and flex your hours so High Point fits work instead of the reverse.