Software Engineering
Senior Backend Engineer
New Haven, CT
$156,000 to $199,000 a year
The employer is a cloud software company helping mid-size businesses manage billing and payments.
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 New Haven, CT. This is a full-time, permanent position. This role is hybrid, with three days a week in our New Haven office.
What you’ll do
- Build asynchronous processing with message queues and streaming systems
- Own services end to end, including deployment, monitoring and on-call
- Design and operate APIs and data pipelines that power customer-facing products
- Write design documents and weigh trade-offs with the wider engineering group
- 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
- Clear written communication for design reviews
- Strong understanding of relational data modeling
- Experience building back-end services in Go, Java, Python or a similar language
- 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 New Haven, CT is $156,000 – $199,000 per year. Final pay depends on experience, skills and qualifications.
- Paid parental leave
- Annual professional development and certification budget
- Paid professional licensing and society memberships
- Commuter benefits
- Paid time off plus paid company holidays
- 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.
