Software Engineering
Senior Backend Engineer
Milwaukee, WI
$140,000 to $178,000 a year
The employer is a data platform company that helps logistics firms track shipments in real time.
As a Senior Backend Engineer with the employer, you will lead technical work and help shape how the software engineering team works. This position is based in Milwaukee, WI. This is a full-time, permanent position. This role is on site at our Milwaukee location.
What you’ll do
- Own services end to end, including deployment, monitoring and on-call
- Write design documents and weigh trade-offs with the wider engineering group
- Model data and tune queries for PostgreSQL and other data stores
- Design and operate APIs and data pipelines that power customer-facing products
- Improve test coverage and release safety for critical services
- 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
- Strong understanding of relational data modeling
- Experience building back-end services in Go, Java, Python or a similar language
- Clear written communication for design reviews
- A track record of leading projects from scope through delivery
Nice to have
- Experience with Kafka or other streaming platforms
- Background in high-throughput or low-latency systems
Compensation and benefits
The pay range for this position in Milwaukee, WI is $140,000 – $178,000 per year. Final pay depends on experience, skills and qualifications.
- Employee assistance program
- Paid parental leave
- Commuter benefits
- Wellness stipend
- Life insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
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.
