Cloud Back End Engineer

Schlumberger; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Schlumberger is seeking a Cloud Back-End Engineer to join our Houston Digital Technology Center. You will build cloud-native microservices and APIs, focusing on resiliency, security, and scalable data strategies.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, serverless and containerized architectures, and cost-aware performance tuning across Azure, AWS, and GCP environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Applied Statistics, Information Technology or Engineer with focus on software.
• Have a good understanding of latest technological trends back-end.

Responsibilities

• Cloud-Native Development: Design and implement microservices utilizing cloud-native patterns (Serverless, Containerized Microservices, Event-Driven Architectures).
• Distributed Systems & Scheduling: Architect back-end systems that scale horizontally across availability zones and regions with low latency and high availability.
• Storage & Data Strategy: Optimize cloud-native data stores and implement caching for enterprise throughput.
• Cloud Security & Compliance: Adhere to security practices.
• Scalable API Design and implementation: Build resilient APIs.
• Cost & Performance Optimization: Monitor and optimize cloud resource consumption (FinOps).

Skills

Backend development

Cloud concepts

Distributed systems

Security best practices

Education

Bachelors in Computer Science/Engineering/Math/IT

Tools

C#

.NET

REST API

GraphQL

MongoDB

Redis

PostgreSQL

MySQL

OAuth2

JWT

SSO

LDAP

Redis caching

Memcached

Asynchronous processing

Azure

GCP

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Application Insights

Prometheus

Grafana

Elastic Search Cloud

Azure DevOps

MSBuild

Shell scripting

Terraform

Ansible

Bash scripting

RabbitMQ

Azure Service Bus

Azure Functions

Cursor

Claude Code

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Role: Back End Software Engineer

Location

Houston Digital Technology Center (HDTC), Houston, TX, USA

Mission

We are seeking a Cloud Back-End Engineer to join our group. In this role, you will bridge the gap between application development and cloud infrastructure. You will be responsible for building high-performance, cloud-native services that leverage distributed computing patterns to serve our enterprise customers globally.

The ideal candidate has a deep background in back-end engineering but views the cloud as a programmable environment, ensuring that our services are "born in the cloud" with high resiliency, elasticity, and security baked into the architecture.

Relationships

Reports to Software Project Manager, Software Program Manager, Engineering manager or Team Leader

Responsibilities and Duties

• Cloud-Native Development: Design and implement microservices utilizing cloud-native patterns (Serverless, Containerized Microservices, Event-Driven Architectures).

• Distributed Systems & Scalability: Architect back-end systems that scale horizontally across multiple availability zones and regions, ensuring low latency and high 9s of availability.

• Storage & Data Strategy: Optimize the use of cloud-native data stores and implement caching strategies to handle enterprise-level throughput.

• Cloud Security & Compliance: Adhere to and build with best-in-class security practices

• Scalable API Design and implementation: Build resilient APIs

• Cost & Performance Optimization: Monitor and optimize cloud resource consumption (FinOps) to ensure back-end services are cost-effective without sacrificing performance.

Primary Technologies (at-least 1 in each category):

Programming Languages

C#

Frameworks

.NET

API Development

REST, GraphQL

Database Integration

MongoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL, MySQL

Authentication & Authorization

OAuth2, JWT, SSO, LDAP

Caching & Performance

Redis, Memcached, asynchronous processing

Cloud Platforms

Azure, GCP, AWS

Secondary Technologies

Containers & Orchestration

Docker, Kubernetes

Monitoring & Logging

Application Insights, Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic Search Cloud

CI/CD Pipelines

Azure DevOps

Build & Release Automation

MSBuild, Shell scripts

Infrastructure Automation

Terraform, Ansible, Bash scripting

Message Broker

RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus

Serverless Compute

Azure Functions

AI Coding assistants

Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelors in computer science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Applied Statistics, Information Technology or Engineer with focus on software

• Have a good understanding of latest technological trends back-end