Software Engineering
Backend Engineer
Chicago, IL
$121,000 to $154,000 a year
The employer is a SaaS company building scheduling and dispatch software for field service businesses.
Our Chicago office is growing, and we need a Backend Engineer who can work independently 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 on site at our Chicago location.
What you’ll do
- Model data and tune queries for PostgreSQL and other data stores
- Build asynchronous processing with message queues and streaming systems
- Own services end to end, including deployment, monitoring and on-call
- Improve test coverage and release safety for critical services
What you’ll bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
- 3+ years of relevant professional experience
- Experience operating services in a cloud environment
- Experience building back-end services in Go, Java, Python or a similar language
- Strong understanding of relational data modeling
Nice to have
- Background in high-throughput or low-latency systems
- Experience with infrastructure as code
Compensation and benefits
The pay range for this position in Chicago, IL is $121,000 – $154,000 per year. Final pay depends on experience, skills and qualifications.
- Flexible spending accounts
- Wellness stipend
- 401(k) with company match
- Medical, dental and vision insurance starting on day one
- Paid professional licensing and society memberships
- Annual performance bonus
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.
