Senior Backend Engineer — Remote, Data-Intensive Systems

HII; United States; Remote; USD 144,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employee health premium

401k at 10%

Generous PTO + 10 holidays

Education/training allowances

Job summary

Enlighten is hiring exceptional Senior Backend Developers to design, build, and scale core backend systems that manage trillions of records and perform billions of daily ingestions for demanding workloads. You will own end-to-end backend initiatives, including API development, identity federation, and deployment automation.

You will work in a fully remote role with optional on-site collaboration near select offices; join a team that values pragmatic, autonomous engineering and low-bureaucracy

Qualifications

• Must obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Security Clearance; U.S. Citizenship required.
• 15+ years of software engineering experience designing and deploying complex backend systems (or 13 years with a Masters)
• Proficient in one or more backend languages (Java, Python, Go)
• Experience with Trino, Kubernetes and PostgreSQL; familiarity with open-source software

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable backend systems and services for massive data and high query loads.
• Own projects from concept through production and ongoing iterations.
• Build RESTful APIs and modify complex open-source software (e.g., Trino).
• Implement and manage identity federation solutions (Keycloak).
• Develop and operate large-scale data ingestion pipelines (Airflow).
• Advance deployment automation (CI/CD) with Kubernetes.

Skills

Java Python Go

RESTful APIs

Backend development

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Masters degree (preferred)

Tools

Trino

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Keycloak

Airflow

Job description

Enlighten is hiring exceptional Senior Backend Developers to design, build, and scale core backend systems that manage trillions of records and perform billions of daily ingestions for demanding workloads. You will own end-to-end backend initiatives, including API development, identity federation, and deployment automation.

You will work in a fully remote role with optional on-site collaboration near select offices; join a team that values pragmatic, autonomous engineering and low-bureaucracy