Backend Developer

Strategic Solutions Inc; Simi Valley (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Job summary

Strategic Solutions Inc in Simi Valley, CA seeks a mid-level Backend Developer to scale Rust services from a local pilot to a CA-wide rollout. The role focuses on building secure auth flows with GitHub Actions and contributing to distributed systems.

This full-time position offers a compensation range of $110,000–$158,000 per year, mentorship, and a clear path to senior technologist. You’ll collaborate across teams to ship robust software in a fast, credit-shared environment.

Qualifications

• Experience building backend services in a mid-level role.
• Ability to scale microservices from pilot to full rollout.
• Familiarity with authentication/authorization flows.
• Proven track record of shipping software.

Responsibilities

• Scale Rust services from pilot to CA-wide rollout.
• Implement secure auth/authorization using GitHub Actions.
• Lead design reviews for mid-level tech initiatives.
• Identify bottlenecks and propose architectural improvements.
• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems with Swift and RabbitMQ.

Skills

Prioritization

Delivery track record

Delivery under deadlines

4 years tech cycles

Fire drill discernment

Tools

Rust

Elasticsearch

GitHub Actions

Swift

RabbitMQ

Jest

Job description

Our next Backend Developer will spend less time in meetings and more time in Elasticsearch, which is how Strategic Solutions Inc prefers to operate. A full-time Backend Developer seat at Strategic Solutions Inc that pairs $110,000 - $158,000 with ownership, collaboration, and a long-term growth track.

Key Responsibilities

• Scale Strategic Solutions Inc's Rust services from Simi Valley pilot to CA-wide rollout
• Implement secure authentication and authorization flows using GitHub Actions
• Lead technical design reviews for mid-level technology initiatives
• Identify bottlenecks and propose architectural improvements proactively
• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging Swift and RabbitMQ

What You’ll Bring

• Mid-level fluency in Jest, with Empathy on your roadmap
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities under tight deadlines
• A track record of genuinely-flexible delivery in a full-time structure
• Proven follow-through, measured in shipped things rather than good intentions
• Resilience measured across 4 years of technology cycles
• The judgment to distinguish a fire drill from an actual fire

Strategic Solutions Inc exists for one stubborn reason: the technology tools everyone settled for were never good enough, so we rebuilt them from Simi Valley, CA. We build an environment where make-it-better ideas get tested quickly and credit is shared fairly.

Compensation lands at $110,000 - $158,000, mentorship is built in, and the path from here to senior technology work is mapped, not vague.

This opening is current to the minute and openly recruiting today.