Remote Backend Engineer, Real-Time Weather Systems

AccuWeather Careers; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

AccuWeather is seeking a Software Developer II to design and build backend processors that ingest real-time weather data, alerts, and observations for consumer and enterprise products. You will work on reliable processing systems using cloud technologies in an Agile environment.

Reporting to the Manager, Data Engineering, you will design databases, collaborate across teams, monitor systems, and contribute to continuous improvement of workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master's in CS/SE/IT or related field.
• 3+ years of backend services design and development.
• Experience with Scala or Java and functional programming concepts.
• Cloud deployment experience (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud).
• Relational databases expertise, including schema design and SQL.
• Experience with XML/JSON data formats, RESTful APIs, and regex.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain backend processors for real-time weather data.
• Collaborate with engineers, data operations, product managers, and stakeholders to design processing solutions.
• Develop new processing capabilities and enhance existing processors for new weather providers and formats.
• Design database schemas and SQL objects for backend applications.
• Write reliable, maintainable, observable software and ensure production deployment.
• Troubleshoot production issues and incidents affecting data processing.

Skills

Backend design

Scala/Java

Cloud environments

Relational databases

REST APIs

XML/JSON

Regex

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/SE/IT

Tools

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Microsoft SQL Server

SQL

Job description

AccuWeather is seeking a Software Developer II to design and build backend processors that ingest real-time weather data, alerts, and observations for consumer and enterprise products. You will work on reliable processing systems using cloud technologies in an Agile environment.

Reporting to the Manager, Data Engineering, you will design databases, collaborate across teams, monitor systems, and contribute to continuous improvement of workflows.