Senior Backend Engineer: High-Scale APIs & Distributed Systems

D.R. Horton; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k)

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Flex Spending Accounts

Life & Disability Insurance

Vacation & Holidays

Multiple Benefits

Job summary

D.R. Horton, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Backend Services to design, develop, and operate scalable backend systems, APIs, and distributed services powering core business apps.

Work with product managers and cross-functional teams to deliver secure, reliable solutions. The ideal candidate has 5–8 years of enterprise backend experience, strong Java, JavaScript, or Python skills, and hands-on experience with queues, streaming, containers, and CI/CD.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, or equivalent education and experience
• 5-8 years of professional backend software experience in an enterprise environment
• Expert-level proficiency in JavaScript, Java, or Python with production experience in at least one
• Deep hands-on experience with message queuing and event streaming platforms
• Experience delivering production-grade RESTful APIs and GraphQL services with solid API design
• Experience writing unit, integration, and contract tests using JUnit, pytest, Jest or equivalent
• Ability to read and follow written and verbal instructions and work in a team
• Ability to sit for most of an 8-hour workday and perform standard physical requirements
• Moderate noise level in typical office environments

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate high-throughput backend services and APIs at scale
• Author RESTful APIs with OpenAPI/Swagger and GraphQL services
• Architect event-driven systems using queues and streams
• Develop and maintain unit, integration, and contract tests
• Manage cloud-hosted environments (AWS/Azure/Vercel) and containers (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines with quality gates
• Lead architectural and code reviews for performance and correctness
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and promote knowledge sharing
• Collaborate with Product to translate requirements into robust solutions
• Debug production incidents and contribute to durable remediation
• Travel overnight when required

Skills

JavaScript

Java

Python

REST APIs

GraphQL

OpenAPI

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

OpenAPI/Swagger

GraphQL

JUnit

pytest

Jest

AWS

Azure

Job description

D.R. Horton, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Backend Services to design, develop, and operate scalable backend systems, APIs, and distributed services powering core business apps.

Work with product managers and cross-functional teams to deliver secure, reliable solutions. The ideal candidate has 5–8 years of enterprise backend experience, strong Java, JavaScript, or Python skills, and hands-on experience with queues, streaming, containers, and CI/CD.