Software Engineer Backend - Slack at Salesforce.Com Inc Chicago, IL

Downtown Boulder Partnership; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 167,300 - 276,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive compensation

Equity options

Telecommuting options

Job summary

Downtown Boulder Partnership is seeking a Software Engineer Backend to join their team in Chicago, IL. This role involves leading impactful projects, delivering high-quality code, and closely collaborating with various teams. The ideal candidate should have a Master’s degree in Computer Science and experience with microservices architecture.

Offering a salary range of $167,300 – $276,100, this position also allows for telecommuting options. Candidates proficient in Java, AWS, and Agile methodologies are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• Master's degree with 2 years experience in software engineering.
• Proficient in REST API development and cloud technologies.
• Experience with various programming languages and databases.

Responsibilities

• Lead software development projects and lifecycle management.
• Develop high-quality code and engage in code reviews.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for project clarity.

Skills

Microservices architecture with REST API

Java

Python

Cloud computing solutions

Agile Project Management

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

AWS EC2

Git

JUnit

Confluence

JIRA

Job description

Overview

Software Engineer Backend – Slack, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities

• Lead impactful projects that drive business growth by creating reliable and scalable solutions.
• Expertly develop and deliver high‑quality, robust code with a keen attention to detail, ensuring optimal software performance, reliability, and adherence to best practices in coding standards.
• Manage the full software development lifecycle for new features—including requirement gathering, analysis, design, implementation, testing (both unit and integration), deployment, and maintenance.
• Ensure the delivery of high‑quality software solutions by utilizing object‑oriented programming languages and application frameworks.
• Build features, design, and implement API methods, and improve the performance and reliability of the systems.
• Collaborate closely with cross‑functional teams, including Product Managers, Tech Leads, Security, Engineering Manager, QA team, and fellow Software Development Engineers (SDE), while actively providing clear project status and timelines to ensure clarity and cohesion in project development.
• Clearly communicate complex technical concepts to stakeholders, driving software solutions that directly impact key business objectives.
• Effectively manage tasks to align with business goals, addressing identified bugs and continually driving improvement with a focus on addressing customer feedback.
• Demonstrate proficiency in understanding customer requirements and recognizing the implications of delivered work on business operations and end‑user experience, ensuring that each solution is meticulously tailored to precisely address specific customer needs.
• Contribute to the overall health of existing systems by updating system documentation, addressing technical debt, and employing strategies for code refactoring and optimization using object‑oriented design patterns to enhance readability, performance, and scalability.
• Adopt logging services to facilitate debugging, monitoring, and gaining insights into customer usage and other critical system metrics.
• Participate and lead technical design reviews for new features engaging with Tech Leads, Staff Engineers, Security Engineers, and other SDEs.
• Interface with teams managing CI/CD pipelines to facilitate code building, testing, and deployment across various environments.
• Provide assistance to the support and operations teams in triaging and resolving production issues, including providing on‑call support for 24‑hour shifts or week‑long rotations as required.
• Actively participate or lead various Agile ceremonies such as daily stand‑ups, backlog grooming, sprint planning, and sprint retrospectives.
• Provide mentorship to other SDEs on the team through knowledge‑sharing sessions, code reviews, and providing feedback.
• Telecommuting is an option.

Qualifications

• Master's degree (or its foreign degree equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering (any field), or a related quantitative discipline, and two (2) years of experience in the job offered or in any occupation in related field.
• Special Skill Requirements: Microservices architecture with REST API, Spring Boot and Spring MVC framework.
• Distributed cloud computing solutions with AWS services: EC2, S3, CloudWatch, CodeBuild, CodePipeline, CodeDeploy, DynamoDB, Lambda, SNS, SQS, IoT.
• Programming: Java, Python, Groovy, HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
• Databases: Postgres, MySQL.
• Testing framework: JUnit.
• Version control system: Git.
• Confluence and JIRA for project management.
• On‑call support experience.
• Logging: Datadog, AWS CloudWatch, Splunk.
• Enterprise integration and analytics solution tools.
• Enterprise software development methodology and programming paradigms: Agile Project Management, Object‑Oriented Programming, and Design Patterns.
• Any suitable combination of education, training and/or experience is acceptable.
• Telecommuting is an option.

Benefits

• Base salary range: $167,300 – $276,100 per annum.
• Eligibility for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits.
• Telecommuting is an option.

Accommodations

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Equal Employment Opportunity

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