Backend Developer

Energy Innovation Corp; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Innovation Corp in Jersey City is seeking a Backend Developer with strong unit testing and ownership mindset. You will refine and maintain microservices, ensure backward-compatible React schemas, and drive quality through code reviews while shipping a PHP rewrite to reduce technical debt.

You should be fluent in C# and Ansible, capable of turning complex requirements into reliable, scalable backend systems, with a focus on measurable outcomes and responsible, accountable delivery.

Qualifications

• Sharp written and verbal communication, tested under scrutiny.
• A communication style that translates jargon back into plain English
• A track record of ambitious delivery in a full-time structure
• Fluency across C# and Ansible, with strong opinions on both
• A learner's pace that keeps up with shifting requirements

Responsibilities

• Refine and maintain microservices that support ScaleTech customers in Jersey City, NJ
• Keep React schemas backward-compatible so ScaleTech never forces a breaking upgrade
• Guard the React codebase quality through reviews that teach as much as they catch
• Pull Collaboration telemetry into dashboards ScaleTech leaders actually open
• Keep the Ansible build pipeline green so Jersey City deploys never wait on a red light
• Wire React APIs to Go consumers so data lands where Jersey City teams expect it
• Ship the PHP genuinely-flexible rewrite that pays down years of ScaleTech technical debt
• Monitor system health and set up alerting for purpose-led production environments

Skills

C#

Ansible

Communication

Delivery

Tools

PHP

Go

React

Job description

We believe the best technology engineers ask why before they ask how, and that's the Backend Developer we're recruiting in Jersey City. Consider the trade: your 5 years of Unit Testing for $114,000 - $151,000, a full-time schedule, and ownership most shops never offer.

Key Responsibilities

• Refine and maintain microservices that support ScaleTech customers in Jersey City, NJ
• Keep React schemas backward-compatible so ScaleTech never forces a breaking upgrade
• Guard the React codebase quality through reviews that teach as much as they catch
• Pull Collaboration telemetry into dashboards ScaleTech leaders actually open
• Keep the Ansible build pipeline green so Jersey City deploys never wait on a red light
• Wire React APIs to Go consumers so data lands where Jersey City teams expect it
• Ship the PHP genuinely-flexible rewrite that pays down years of ScaleTech technical debt
• Monitor system health and set up alerting for purpose-led production environments

What You'll Bring

• Sharp written and verbal communication, tested under scrutiny
• A communication style that translates jargon back into plain English
• A track record of ambitious delivery in a full-time structure
• Fluency across C# and Ansible, with strong opinions on both
• A learner's pace that keeps up with shifting requirements

ScaleTech exists to solve hard technology problems with an outcome-focused approach and a Jersey City, NJ-rooted culture. Our Jersey City team would rather over-communicate than leave a teammate guessing at midnight.

We set the base at $114,000 - $151,000 and build outward with growth coaching, a mentor, benefits, and hours you genuinely control.

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