Process Engineer

ScaleForward; Rochester (MN); On-site; USD 102,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Commuter benefits

Mentor matched to your technology aims

Job summary

ScaleForward in Rochester, MN is hiring an experienced backend engineer to help scale systems serving traffic across MN and beyond. You’ll bring 7 years of problem-solving expertise and own backend services end to end, collaborating across teams and using Git for reliable releases.

You’ll work on Django-based tasks, Terraform architecture, and improving observability while maintaining high code quality and performance.

Qualifications

• Senior-level backend experience with microservices and system design.
• Strong problem-solving ability and clear technical documentation.
• Proven ability to collaborate across teams and own services end to end.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain reliable backend services with cross-functional collaboration and Git.
• Develop self-service tools to reduce ticketing and improve developer velocity in Rochester.
• Own a technology service end to end from microservices schema to on-call rotation.
• Refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time.
• Identify and resolve GraphQL race conditions during peak traffic in Rochester.
• Automate Django chores to save Rochester engineering hours.
• Sketch Terraform architecture, defend in review, then implement it.
• Promote testing, security, and observability best practices.

Skills

Microservices

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Documentation

Git

Django

GraphQL

Terraform

Observability

Tools

Terraform

Django

GraphQL

Git

Job description

Join our engineering team in Rochester and help us scale systems that handle traffic from across MN and beyond. The shape of it is simple — bring 7 years and Problem Solving, take home $102,000 - $144,000, and grow into whatever ScaleForward builds next.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain reliable backend services using Cross-Functional Collaboration and Git
• Build Continuous Learning self-service tools so Rochester teams stop filing tickets for everything
• Own a technology service end to end, from Microservices schema to on-call rotation
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time
• Catch the GraphQL race conditions that only surface under Rochester peak traffic
• Automate the manual Django chores that quietly drain Rochester, MN engineering hours
• Sketch the Terraform architecture, defend it in review, then build the thing
• Drive adoption of best practices in testing, security, and observability

What You'll Bring

• Comfort being measured against a clear senior bar
• Practical command of Microservices, with bonus points for Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Clarity of thought that shows up in tidy documentation
• A steady hand when three priorities all claim to be number one
• The judgment to distinguish a fire drill from an actual fire
• A Rochester grounding, or the adaptability to plant roots quickly
• Self-direction that survives a quiet Slack channel

For all its employee-centric ambition, ScaleForward still operates like the scrappy Rochester startup that first cracked technology years ago. At ScaleForward you can challenge your skip-level's plan and still get a thank-you for it.

Here in Rochester, you'll enjoy $102,000 - $144,000, commuter benefits, and a mentor matched to your technology ambitions.

Actively staffed and live, this Rochester, MN opening is no relic.