Software Engineering
Senior Backend Engineer
Tuscaloosa, AL
$138,000 to $175,000 a year
The employer is a software company building workflow and analytics tools for operations teams.
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 Tuscaloosa, AL. This is a full-time, permanent position. This role is on site at our Tuscaloosa 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
- Design and operate APIs and data pipelines that power customer-facing products
- Improve test coverage and release safety for critical services
- Model data and tune queries for PostgreSQL and other data stores
- 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
- Clear written communication for design reviews
- Experience building back-end services in Go, Java, Python or a similar language
- 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 Tuscaloosa, AL is $138,000 – $175,000 per year. Final pay depends on experience, skills and qualifications.
- Annual professional development and certification budget
- 401(k) with company match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Health savings account with employer contribution
- Medical, dental and vision insurance starting on day one
- 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.
