Backend Developer

Energy Innovation Corp; Longmont (CO); On-site; USD 86,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Professional growth

Job summary

Square's Longmont team seeks an experienced engineer to refine microservices that power customers in Colorado and beyond. You will ship incremental improvements to the Longmont platform, stand up observability, and own a technology service from Azure schema to on-call rotation.

You should bring real Python, Rust, and Laravel skills, plus excellent communication and a collaborative mindset to unblock teammates.

Qualifications

• Strong Python skills and Rust/Laravel experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Familiar with the Longmont tech scene and customer service mindset.

Responsibilities

• Refine and maintain microservices that support Square customers in Longmont, CO.
• Ship incremental improvements to Square's Longmont platform on a regular cadence.
• Stand up observability so Square sees failures before customers in CO do.
• Explain Microservices tradeoffs to technology stakeholders in business terms.
• Keep Square's MicroServices CI under ten minutes so Longmont engineers stay in flow.
• Own a technology service end to end, from Azure schema to on-call rotation.
• Write clean, well-tested code that scales with Square's growing user base.

Skills

Python

Rust

Laravel

Communication

Customer Service

Tools

Microsoft Azure

CI/CD

Job description

Join our engineering team in Longmont and help us scale systems that handle traffic from across CO and beyond. The promise is concrete — $86,000 - $127,000, contract hours, 5 years honored, and a technology role at Square that grows with you.

Key Responsibilities

• Refine and maintain microservices that support Square customers in Longmont, CO
• Ship incremental improvements to Square's Longmont platform on a regular cadence
• Stand up observability so Square sees failures before customers in CO do
• Walk technology stakeholders through Microservices tradeoffs in language Square execs grasp
• Keep Square's MicroServices CI under ten minutes so Longmont, CO engineers stay in flow
• Own a technology service end to end, from Microsoft Azure schema to on-call rotation
• Write clean, well-tested code that scales with Square's growing user base

What You'll Bring

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Real Python chops, plus the Laravel curiosity to keep growing
• Familiarity with the Longmont market and local technology landscape
• Strong working knowledge of Customer Service and Laravel
• A teammate's instinct to unblock others before yourself
• Hands-on proficiency with Rust, ideally paired with Python

At the heart of Square is a thoughtfully-bold belief that great technology software should feel effortless. Respect for your craft and your life outside it sits at the core of how Square operates.

The compensation here starts at $86,000 - $127,000, paired with unlimited PTO and a manager committed to your professional growth.

Live this hour, the technology role remains open and unclaimed.