Senior Back-End Software Engineer

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 are critical 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