Senior Back-End Engineer: Build Scalable Web Apps & Mentor

Roberts Recruiting, LLC; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Dental insurance

401k plan

College savings plan contributions

Three weeks of vacation

Friday social time and company outings

Job summary

A recruiting firm is seeking a Senior Back-End Software Engineer to build consumer applications with high performant web standards. The ideal candidate will have experience in JavaScript, SQL, and AWS, along with strong collaboration skills. This position offers the opportunity to work in a small, dynamic team environment that values innovation and mentorship.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of professional development experience.
• 2+ years of varied back-end development experience.
• 3+ years building and delivering high-quality web applications.

Responsibilities

• Architecting and delivering dynamic and complex applications.
• Building out modern web architecture for rapid feature deployment.
• Mentoring junior team members within a small collaborative team.

Skills

JavaScript

SQL

Java

Scala

REST/GraphQL

MongoDB/DynamoDB

Docker

AWS

TDD

HTML/CSS

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Senior Back-End Software Engineer
We are looking for someone who is passionate about software and creating the very best
consumer application with an exceptional user experience that is built to be performant and scalable.
The ideal candidate will be current in their understanding of modern application development, scalable
web applications, and has a proven history of developing great products.

To be successful in this position, you must be a dynamic back-end engineer who has a proven record of
architecting and delivering dynamic and complex applications. The ideal candidate will have experience
in JavaScript, SQL, Java, Scala, REST/GraphQL, MongoDB/DynamoDB, Docker, and AWS. You must
have an aptitude for learning new programming languages and frameworks. Being a team player and
effective communicator with a thirst for mentoring junior team members is a must have for this role.
Experience using agile development practices is critical. You will build-out a modern web architecture to
enable us to more quickly ship new features into production at scale. We are currently a small team (under 10 ppl) and our successes come from strong collaboration, an open mindset, and a good work ethic, which arecritical in the early stages of a project to define requirements and set expectations for our product.

Skills and Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree (Computer Science degree preferred but not required)
3-5 years of professional development experience
2+ years of varied back-end development experience e.g. Node.JS, Python, Golang, Java, Scala
3+ years building, delivering, and supporting high-quality, performant web applications
Proficiency in TDD, writing unit tests, automation, and performing code reviews
Expert level knowledge of HTML/CSS (all kinds) and JavaScript
Familiarity with AWS and building large scalable web experiences
Good written and verbal communicator
Ability to work effectively in a team setting including synthesizing abstract ideas into concrete
design implications.

Preferred experience
Analytical and strong quantitative skills, ideally for finance or fitness applications
Extending and maintaining complex systems
Building RESTful API services and clients
Serverless and full stack development
Working in a very supportive and collaborative team environment that values your ideas,
opinions, curiosity, and creativity

Benefits
Health and Dental insurance
401k plan
College savings plan contributions
Three weeks of vacation
Friday social time and Company outings