Software Engineer, Backend

United States Digital Space LLC; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 206,000 - 286,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus potential

401(k) plan

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Wellness stipends

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a highly skilled software engineer to design and build scalable back-end systems. You will work on APIs and data pipelines that power partner ecosystems and internal tooling.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, high-performance RESTful microservices, and robust automated testing within a collaborative, fast-moving environment. Strong problem-solving and debugging across services are essential.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in CS/SE or foreign equivalent.
• 6 years software development experience.
• Experience with Java/C++/Python/Ruby and scalable systems.
• Experience debugging across services and stack levels.
• Expertise in distributed systems and RESTful microservices.

Responsibilities

• Develop scalable computer systems handling large information volumes.
• Improve backend scalability by API overhaul and database optimizations.
• Design and build tools to ingest and process signals for partners.
• Design logging and data visualization for backend APIs.
• Diagnose and resolve production and test issues.
• Create scalable automated testing suites to reduce QA workload.
• Collaborate across teams using CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Java

C++

Python

Ruby

Distributed systems

RESTful microservices

Debugging production issues

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering

Job description

the company, LLC. is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use the company to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.

What you’ll doResponsibilities

• Develop scalable computer systems that manage a large volume of information and use them to fulfill business goals for the company and its partners.
• Improve backend scalability and performance by integrating lightweight backend framework, overhauling APIs and optimizing database systems.
• Design and build tools that ingest and process signals from various sources to make them more accessible for the company’s partner teams.
• Design and implement logging and data visualization system for backend APIs.
• Diagnose and resolve software issues reported from production, automated testing, QA testing and customers.
• Design and implement scalable and reliable automated testing suites to reduce manual Quality Assurance tasks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and streamlined software development and deployment processes with Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) pipelines.

Who you areMinimum requirements

Must have a Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, plus six (6) years of software development experience.

Must also have four (4) years of experience in each of the following:

• Building software solutions in Java, C++, Python, or Ruby;
• Designing, building and maintaining scalable systems;
• Translating business needs into software requirements and designs;
• Debugging production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack;
• Distributed systems; and
• Design and implementation of scalable high-performance RESTful microservices.

Salary: $206,086 - $285,600/yr

This salary range represents the base salary range for the role and any sales commissions / sales bonuses targets, if applicable, would be in addition to the base salary.

40 hrs/week

50% Telecommuting permitted.

Multiple Positions Available.

Additional benefits for this role may include:

• equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses
• 401(k) plan
• medical, dental, and vision benefits
• wellness stipends

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