Software Engineer - Backend

CaseGuard; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401K plan

Paid vacation

Job summary

CaseGuard is seeking an experienced Software Engineer - Backend to build robust REST APIs, data models, and scalable services in ASP.NET Core. You will design cloud infrastructure with IaC in AWS and contribute to heavy file-processing pipelines.

The role demands independent problem solving and strong OO fundamentals, with opportunity to influence system design. Join CaseGuard to work on cutting-edge media redaction tools, collaborate with a high-caliber team, and advance your skills in

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in CS/SE.
• 2+ years backend experience with REST APIs.
• Strong OOP and ability to solve ambiguous problems.
• Experience with relational databases and SQL.
• Experience with Redis or distributed caching.
• Track record of modeling business logic in databases.

Responsibilities

• Model business domains into relational/NoSQL structures.
• Design and build scalable REST APIs for microservices in ASP.NET Core (C#).
• Develop high-throughput file-processing workers.
• Design AWS infrastructure using IaC.
• Contribute to system design discussions and architecture decisions.

Skills

Backend development

REST APIs

OOP fundamentals

Independent work

Critical thinking

Asynchronous programming

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

ASP.NET Core

Redis

SQL

AWS

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS CDK

Job description

Software Engineer - Backend

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly independent and proactive Software Engineer to join our backendteam and play a critical role in building REST API microservices from scratch using ASP.NETCore (C#) and building cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) in AWS. In this role, you will contribute to collaborative file redacting tool with exciting features like liveediting, image processing and more

What you will do:

• Model business domains into relational/NoSQL data structures
• Design and build scalable REST APIs for our microservices using ASP.NET Core (C#).
• Build heavy file-processing workers optimized for CPU/memory/throughput
• Design AWS infrastructure with IaC
• Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to decisions for system design and service structure.

Qualifications (Required):

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experiences
• 2+ years backend experience with REST APIs
• Strong OOP fundamentals and critical thinking under ambiguity
• Experience with relational databases and SQL, including schema design, indexes, and transactions.
• Experience with Redis or distributed caching.
• A track record of modeling business logic into databases
• Comfort working independently on complex, underspecified problems

Qualifications (It’s a plus):

• Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and fault-tolerance patterns.
• Familiarity with API design patterns such as Clean Architecture.
• Experience processing PDFs, images, videos, or other large binary files.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (e.g., EC2, EKS, S3, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB).
• Practical knowledge of IaC tools (e.g., AWS CDK, Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Experience with containerization tools (e.g., Docker) and orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures and message queues (e.g., SNS, SQS, EventBridge).
• Knowledge of asynchronous programming and multi-threading in C#.
• Relevant AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Developer)

Benefits:

• Competitive Salary
• Stock Option
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401K
• Paid Vacation
• Ten paid holidays per year
• Friendly and Learning environment

About CaseGuard

CaseGuard is a software company that helps law enforcement agencies, federal agencies, hospitals, schools, airports, and others manage all their media redaction needs in one easy-to-use redaction software. CaseGuard Studio is one of a kind. Our team is driven by a passion for great software design, creating great products, and creative processes; CaseGuard implements innovative ideas across multiple services and agencies. We invest in people. We nurture skills consistent with our values and our future strategy. Our passionate pursuit of excellence, the application of our creativity to solve our clients’ challenges, our technical expertise, and our collaborative spirit are measures of our success.