Software Engineering
Senior Backend Engineer
Houston, TX
$142,000 to $181,000 a year
The employer is an applied machine learning company serving insurance and financial services clients.
We are hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to join our software engineering team in Houston. You will lead technical work on projects that matter to our customers. This is a full-time, permanent position. This role is hybrid, with three days a week in our Houston office.
What you’ll do
- Design and operate APIs and data pipelines that power customer-facing products
- Improve test coverage and release safety for critical services
- Write design documents and weigh trade-offs with the wider engineering group
- 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
- Clear written communication for design reviews
- Experience operating services in a cloud environment
- 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 Houston, TX is $142,000 – $181,000 per year. Final pay depends on experience, skills and qualifications.
- Paid professional licensing and society memberships
- Employee assistance program
- Paid time off plus paid company holidays
- Annual professional development and certification budget
- Paid parental leave
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
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.
