Senior Backend Engineer

Job Description

• Design and implement scalable backend services and APIs to support thick client desktop applications.
• Architect service-layer logic for validation, analytics, and business rule enforcement.
• Develop and maintain data processing pipelines for structured and semi-structured data.
• Optimize backend systems for performance, concurrency, and efficient resource utilization.
• Design clean, well-documented RESTful APIs and service contracts for client-server communication.
• Implement authentication, authorization, and secure data handling mechanisms.
• Support secure communication between backend services and Electron or other desktop client frameworks.
• Contribute to database schema design and data modeling strategies.
• Participate in code reviews and maintain backend engineering standards.
• Collaborate with DevSecOps teams to support containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing.

Education and Background

Years of Experience

Required Skills

• Expertise in one or more backend languages and frameworks such as:
• Java / Spring
• Python / FastAPI / Django
• C# / .NET
• Node.js
• Strong experience designing and building RESTful APIs.
• Experience working with relational and/or NoSQL databases, including schema design and performance tuning.
• Experience with structured data formats such as JSON, XML, CSV, or schema-driven models.
• Solid understanding of concurrency, memory management, and system performance.
• Experience supporting client-server architectures that include thick client applications.
• Experience delivering software in Agile/Scrum environments.

Preferred Skills

• Experience supporting or integrating with Electron-based desktop applications.
• Familiarity with inter-process communication models and secure client-server messaging patterns.
• Experience with large file processing, streaming data, or batch analytics.
• Exposure to DevSecOps tooling, including:
• Docker and containerized deployments
• CI/CD pipelines
• Static code analysis and security scanning tools
• Experience operating in restricted, air-gapped, or regulated environments.
• Experience with audit logging, traceability, and compliance-driven systems.

Working Conditions

Our Core Values

• Happy - Be Infectious. Happiness multiplies and creates a positive and connected environment where motivation and satisfaction have an outsized effect on everything we do.
• Helpful - Be Supportive. Being helpful is the foundation of teamwork, resulting in a supportive atmosphere where collaboration flourishes, and collective success is celebrated.
• Honest - Be Trustworthy.Honesty serves as our compass, ensuring transparent communication and ethical conduct, essential to who we are and the complex domains we support.
• Humble - Be Grounded.Success is not achieved alone, humility ensures a culture of mutual respect, encouraging open communication, and a willingness to learn from one another and take on any task.
• Hungry - Be Eager.Our hunger for excellence drives an insatiable appetite for innovation and continuous improvement, propelling us forward in the face of new and unprecedented challenges.
• Hustle - Be Driven.Hustle is reflected in our relentless work ethic, where we are each committed to going above and beyond to advance the mission and achieve success.