Backend Developer

LaunchPad Corp; Youngstown (OH); On-site; USD 57,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship and benefits

Flexible freelance hours

Job summary

LaunchPad Corp in Youngstown, OH is seeking a Backend Developer to own a slice of the technology mission from day one. You will set MySQL standards, refactor legacy code, and collaborate with stakeholders to balance creativity and technical debt.

You will scale data pipelines, monitor Linux telemetry, and implement secure authentication with REST APIs, while earning $57,000 - $82,000 annually and benefiting from mentorship and flexible freelance hours.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfort presenting to an OH-wide audience without a script.
• An appetite for ownership that scales with the stakes.
• Familiarity with LaunchPad Corp-scale workflows, or the appetite to reach them.

Responsibilities

• Set the MySQL coding standards the rest of LaunchPad Corp engineering follows.
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time.
• Walk technology stakeholders through Creativity tradeoffs in language LaunchPad Corp execs grasp.
• Backfill Accountability test coverage on the riskiest corners of LaunchPad Corp's codebase.
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with REST API.
• Pull Linux telemetry into dashboards LaunchPad Corp leaders actually open.
• Implement secure authentication and authorization flows using REST API.

Skills

Communication skills

Public speaking

Ownership mindset

Problem solving

Written communication

Tools

MySQL

Job description

Help us reimagine how millions of people interact with technology as our newest Backend Developer in Youngstown, OH. From day one you own a slice of the technology mission, earn $57,000 - $82,000, and lean on 3 years to move fast.

Key Responsibilities

• Set the MySQL coding standards the rest of LaunchPad Corp engineering follows
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time
• Walk technology stakeholders through Creativity tradeoffs in language LaunchPad Corp execs grasp
• Backfill Accountability test coverage on the riskiest corners of LaunchPad Corp's codebase
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with REST API
• Pull Linux telemetry into dashboards LaunchPad Corp leaders actually open
• Implement secure authentication and authorization flows using REST API

What You'll Bring

• Comfort being measured against a clear mid-level bar
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Comfort presenting to an OH-wide audience without a script
• Familiarity with LaunchPad Corp-scale workflows, or the appetite to reach them
• A communicator who writes the meeting recap nobody asked for but everyone reads
• Working knowledge of MySQL alongside transferable Creativity chops
• An appetite for ownership that scales with the stakes

LaunchPad Corp is the feedback-driven OH company that built its name on technology work nobody else wanted to do properly. Trust, transparency, and steady momentum are the three things we protect above all else.

The whole offer in one line: $57,000 - $82,000, mentorship, benefits, and flexible freelance hours that respect the life you have in OH.

Right now in Youngstown, the Backend Developer chair sits open and the door is unlocked.