Senior Backend Engineer

Valid8 Financial, Inc.; Town of Texas (WI); Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an experienced Backend Engineer to enhance their engineering team. This role involves architecting scalable web applications, leading development efforts, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in backend development, particularly with Java, and a strong understanding of system design and architecture.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in backend development.
• Experience with scalable web applications and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop scalable and secure web applications.
• Lead backend development and provide mentorship.
• Design and implement database schema and APIs.

Skills

Java

System Design

Debugging

Automated Testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

GCP

CI/CD

Terraform

Job description

Reports to: Vice President of Software Development

FLSA Category: Exempt

Position Type: Full-Time, Mid-Senior level

Travel Requirement: 0-10%, Quarterly for meetings

Office Location: Remote, Austin, TX or Denver, CO preferred

JOB SUMMARY

We're seeking an experienced Backend Engineer to drive technical excellence across our engineering team. In this role, you will:

• Architect and develop scalable and secure web applications, ensuring code quality and best practices across backend systems.
• Development of service-service integrations – both with other Clarvos teams, and 3 rd parties (e.g. Stripe, Auth0 etc.).
• Lead backend development through complex technical challenges, providing mentorship and guidance while maintaining high standards of engineering excellence.
• Design and implement database schema and APIs to support business requirements and system scalability.
• Collaborate with product, design, data engineering, data science and MLOps teams to deliver innovative solutions while making key technical decisions that shape our platform's future.
• Work closely with other frontend and full stack engineers on the team.
• Ensure the team has the cloud infrastructure and tooling needed to support development.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design and implement scalable APIs (RESTful, GRPC, GQL, etc.) using Java.
• Lead development of new services/endpoints and maintain existing codebase.
• Implement automated testing and deployment strategies.
• Optimize application performance and resolve technical debt.
• Review code and provide technical mentorship/leadership to other engineers.
• Collaborate with product and design teams to define technical requirements.
• Establish coding standards and development best practices.
• Document technical specifications and system architecture.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES. AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in backend development (experience with Java is a plus).
• Superb experience building and maintaining scalable web applications and APIs.
• Strong system design and architecture skills.
• Excellent debugging and troubleshooting abilities.
• Expertise with automated testing.
• Ability to thrive in a highly dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Experience in GCP, CI/CD, and Terraform preferred.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORKING CONDITIONS:

Standing/Walking/Mobility :Must have mobility to attend meetings remotely and in person.

Climbing/Stooping/Kneeling : 0% - 10% of the time.

Lifting/Pulling/Pushing: 0% - 10% of the time.

Fingering/Grasping/Feeling: Must be able to write, type and use a telephone system 100% of the time.

Sitting: Sitting for prolonged and extended periods of time.

This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Management may revise duties as necessary without updating this job description.

Clarvos is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as veteran, disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Clarvos complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodation for applicants and employees with disabilities.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [e-mail] .

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