Software Engineering
Senior Backend Engineer
Miami, FL
$148,000 to $188,000 a year
The employer is a data platform company that helps logistics firms track shipments in real time.
Our Miami office is growing, and we need a Senior Backend Engineer who can lead technical work from day one. You will work closely with a collaborative software engineering group and report to the software engineering manager. This is a full-time, permanent position. This role is hybrid, with three days a week in our Miami office.
What you’ll do
- Improve test coverage and release safety for critical services
- Own services end to end, including deployment, monitoring and on-call
- Design and operate APIs and data pipelines that power customer-facing products
- Build asynchronous processing with message queues and streaming systems
- Mentor junior engineers and review their work
What you’ll bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
- 5+ years of relevant professional experience
- Experience building back-end services in Go, Java, Python or a similar language
- Experience operating services in a cloud environment
- Strong understanding of relational data modeling
- A track record of leading projects from scope through delivery
Nice to have
- Experience with infrastructure as code
- Background in high-throughput or low-latency systems
Compensation and benefits
The pay range for this position in Miami, FL is $148,000 – $188,000 per year. Final pay depends on experience, skills and qualifications.
- Paid time off plus paid company holidays
- Annual professional development and certification budget
- Paid professional licensing and society memberships
- Tuition reimbursement
- Wellness stipend
- Commuter benefits
The employer is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
