Backend Software Engineer II — Scalable API Platform (Hybrid)

varsitybrands; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Varsity Brands is building a modern, unified digital platform powering the full experience of sport and spirit, enabling seamless workflows across product configuration, ordering, fulfillment, and customer engagement. This platform is built on scalable, API-driven services and shared platform capabilities that support reusable solutions across the enterprise.

The role focuses on backend services, end-to-end delivery, reliability, and collaboration with Product, Design, QA, and engineering teams,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 2 to 5 years of professional software engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs aligned to platform architecture
• Own end-to-end delivery of features, from design through deployment and support
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, identifying root causes and implementing solutions
• Apply testing, performance optimization, and secure coding practices
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and system reliability improvements
• Collaborate with Product, Design, QA, and other engineering teams to deliver solutions
• Participate in technical design discussions and contribute to solution approaches
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior engineers (including SE I)
• Design components and services within established architecture, making independent technical decisions within defined patterns

Skills

Backend systems

Cloud environments

Distributed systems

Data modeling

Java

RESTful APIs

CI/CD pipelines

Production systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline

Job description

Varsity Brands is building a modern, unified digital platform powering the full experience of sport and spirit, enabling seamless workflows across product configuration, ordering, fulfillment, and customer engagement. This platform is built on scalable, API-driven services and shared platform capabilities that support reusable solutions across the enterprise.

The role focuses on backend services, end-to-end delivery, reliability, and collaboration with Product, Design, QA, and engineering teams,