Senior Software Engineer, Data Backend

Jobtailor; Vienna (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in the United States seeks a backend software engineer to design, develop, and maintain backend services and data pipelines. You will support analytics, reporting, and downstream applications, and write production-grade code.

You will make architectural decisions and lead cross-functional initiatives by coordinating with engineering, data science, and product stakeholders to deliver reliable, scalable data infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Backend software engineering experience.
• Design, develop, and maintain backend services.
• Build and maintain data pipelines.
• Write production-grade code.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives.
• Coordinate with engineering, data science, and product stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and data pipelines.
• Support analytics, reporting, and downstream applications.
• Write production-grade code.
• Make architectural decisions.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives.
• Coordinate with engineering, data science, and product stakeholders.

Skills

Cross-Functional Leadership

Stakeholder Coordination

Tools

Backend Development

Data Pipelines

Production Code

Architectural Design

Service Maintenance

Job description

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and data pipelines
• Support analytics, reporting, and downstream applications
• Write production-grade code
• Make architectural decisions
• Lead cross-functional initiatives
• Coordinate with engineering, data science, and product stakeholders
• Deliver reliable, scalable data infrastructure

Requirements

• Backend software engineering experience
• Experience designing, developing, and maintaining backend services
• Experience building and maintaining data pipelines
• Ability to write production-grade code
• Ability to make architectural decisions
• Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and coordinate with engineering, data science, and product stakeholders

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in backend software engineering, focusing on the design, development, and maintenance of backend services and data pipelines. Proven ability to write production-grade code and make architectural decisions while leading cross-functional initiatives.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Backend Software Engineering Experience
• Designing Backend Services
• Building Data Pipelines
• Production-Grade Code Writing
• Architectural Decision Making

Hard Skills

• Backend Software Engineering
• Data Pipeline Development
• Production-Grade Code
• Architectural Design
• Service Maintenance

Soft Skills

• Cross-Functional Leadership
• Stakeholder Coordination

Industry Keywords

• Data Infrastructure
• Analytics Support
• Reporting