Principal Backend Engineer

3M Group; Maplewood (MN); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal Backend Software Engineer to join a dynamic team focused on developing scalable, cloud-based applications. This role offers the opportunity to lead architectural design, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate across agile teams to deliver robust backend solutions. You will work on diverse projects that impact various markets, ensuring high-quality, maintainable code while driving continuous improvement in technology and processes. If you're passionate about backend development and eager to make a significant impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Relocation Assistance

Competitive Pay

Health Programs

Well-being Programs

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in backend software engineering.
• Proven expertise in backend frameworks and languages.
• Experience designing and implementing microservices architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of scalable backend services.
• Develop microservices and APIs for software activities.
• Mentor junior engineers and conduct code reviews.

Skills

TypeScript

Node.js

Express

Python

JavaScript/EMCAScript

Unix Shell Scripting

React

ASP.NET

OAuth

Kubernetes

AWS Cloud Services

RESTful APIs

GraphQL

CI/CD

JIRA

Confluence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree in Engineering

Tools

Jenkins

CodeBuild

GitHub Actions

Postgres

DynamoDB

CloudWatch

Prometheus

ELK Stack

Job description

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Principal Backend Engineer

Remote type: Remote

Locations: US, Minnesota, Maplewood

Time type: Full time

Posted on: 募集開始 - 昨日

Job requisition id: R01149068

仕事内容

Principal Backend Software Engineer

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

3M is seeking a Principal Backend Software Engineer to join the Corporate Research Digital Lab (CRDL) to develop and support scalable, distributed applications built on cloud technologies. As part of an agile team, you will enable applications in diverse markets including energy, manufacturing, personal safety, transportation, electronics, and consumer.

As a Principal Backend Software Engineer, you will have the opportunity for designing, developing, and maintaining the backend solutions that support our R&D Enterprise and Departmental platforms and applications to ensure seamless integration, robust backend services, and a secure, highly-available backend environment. In this role you will:

• Lead the architectural design and implementation of scalable, efficient, and fault-tolerant backend services.
• Architect, design, and develop robust microservices and APIs to support software activities.
• Continuously monitor and optimize backend services for performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Implement robust monitoring and alerting and ensure backend services adhere to the highest security standards.
• Collaborate with and across agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support platform solutions and technologies in a matrixed organization.
• Design and enforce best practices for software development, code quality and standards, testing strategies, system architecture, and to ensure the delivery of high-quality, well-documented, maintainable code.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering collaboration and conducting code reviews.
• Deliver technical presentations and demonstrations to stakeholders, team members, and leadership, effectively communicating complex architectural concepts and implementation strategies.
• Research and explore new technologies and methodologies to drive continuous improvement and evolution of our tech stack.

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field from an accredited university (completed and verified prior to start).
• Twelve (12) years of professional backend software engineering experience in a private, public, government or military environment.
• Proven expertise in backend frameworks and languages with five (5) or more years experience with some or all of the following (such as TypeScript, Node.js, Express, Python, JavaScript/EMCAScript, Unix Shell Scripting, React, and ASP.NET).
• Five (5) years of experience designing and implementing microservices architectures.
• Three (3) years of experience deploying and managing scalable, containerized applications in Kubernetes.
• Five (5) years of hands-on experience with AWS Cloud Services (or GCP, Azure), including Lambda, EKS, ECS, S3, MSK, IAM, AppSync, CloudTrail.
• Five (5) years of experience designing, developing, and maintaining scalable RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs.
• Proficient CI/CD expertise and hands-on experience with tools like Jenkins, CodeBuild, or GitHub Actions.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Strong knowledge of OAuth, OIDC (JWT, PKCE, M2M), LDAP, AWS IAM, and identity management protocols.
• Hands-on experience with Temporal.io or Airflow for workflow orchestration.
• Hands-on experience with relational SQL (Postgres) and NoSQL (DynamoDB) databases.
• Experience with observability and monitoring using CloudWatch, Prometheus, and ELK Stack.
• Strong experience with Testing Frameworks and tools (Jest, ViTest, LoadRunner, ts-rest, Zod).
• Experience with GraphQL, gRPC.
• Experience integrating GenAi/LLM driven features into backend systems using APIs and vector stores, in collaboration with Data/ML teams.
• Familiarity with data mesh concepts and principles.
• Good experience with agile development processes and concepts with leveraging project management tools like JIRA and Confluence.
• Strong leadership and mentorship abilities.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills.

Location:

• Hybrid to Maplewood, MN preferred, remote possible within the United States.

Travel: May include up to 10% domestic/international.

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized.

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

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