Senior Backend Engineer: Microservices & Performance

Ross Stores, Inc.; Bangor (ME); On-site; USD 91,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Coaching

Health coverage

Flexible internship hours

Job summary

Ross Stores, Inc. in Bangor, ME is seeking a Backend Developer to lead architectural efforts and deliver scalable solutions. The role offers a senior track with responsibilities to prototype, integrate services, optimize performance, and secure auth flows.

The salary range is $91,000 to $122,000 per year, with coaching, coverage, and flexible internship hours. This is a current, active Bangor, ME opening, reviewing candidates now.

Qualifications

• A demonstrated focus on quality and consistency in output.
• Ability to debug with tenacity on tight deadlines.
• Familiarity with Teamwork and related tools or frameworks.
• Experience or comfort using Microsoft Azure in cloud implementations.
• Senior fluency in Microservices architectures, with Redis on roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Prototype proof-of-concept solutions for emerging technology requirements.
• Integrate third-party services and internal tools into Ross Stores stack.
• Shave milliseconds off the technology hot path that Ross Stores users feel every click.
• Implement secure authentication and authorization flows using Microservices.
• Write clean, well-tested code that scales with Ross Stores' growing user base.
• Tune MongoDB queries until the ME database stops timing out under load.
• Ship incremental improvements to Bangor platform on a regular cadence.

Skills

Quality focus

Debugging

Teamwork familiarity

Azure

Microservices

Clear communication

Tools

Redis

Job description

Ross Stores, Inc. in Bangor, ME is seeking a Backend Developer to lead architectural efforts and deliver scalable solutions. The role offers a senior track with responsibilities to prototype, integrate services, optimize performance, and secure auth flows.

The salary range is $91,000 to $122,000 per year, with coaching, coverage, and flexible internship hours. This is a current, active Bangor, ME opening, reviewing candidates now.