Software Engineering
Staff Backend Engineer
Oklahoma City, OK
$165,000 to $210,000 a year
The employer is a robotics company building autonomous systems for warehouses and agriculture.
The employer is looking for a Staff Backend Engineer in Oklahoma City, OK. In this role you will set technical direction alongside an experienced software engineering team and take real ownership of your work. This is a full-time, permanent position. This role is hybrid, with three days a week in our Oklahoma City office.
What you’ll do
- Write design documents and weigh trade-offs with the wider engineering group
- Design and operate APIs and data pipelines that power customer-facing products
- Model data and tune queries for PostgreSQL and other data stores
- Build asynchronous processing with message queues and streaming systems
- Improve test coverage and release safety for critical services
- Own services end to end, including deployment, monitoring and on-call
- Mentor junior engineers and review their work
- Set technical standards and guide decisions across multiple projects
What you’ll bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
- 8+ years of relevant professional experience
- Clear written communication for design reviews
- Experience operating services in a cloud environment
- Strong understanding of relational data modeling
- A track record of leading projects from scope through delivery
Nice to have
- Experience with infrastructure as code
- Experience with Kafka or other streaming platforms
Compensation and benefits
The pay range for this position in Oklahoma City, OK is $165,000 – $210,000 per year. Final pay depends on experience, skills and qualifications.
- Annual professional development and certification budget
- Life insurance
- Paid time off plus paid company holidays
- Paid professional licensing and society memberships
- Employee assistance program
- Tuition reimbursement
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.
