Backend Developer ID89121

AgileEngine is an Inc. 5000 company that creates award-winning software for Fortune 500 brands and trailblazing startups across 17+ industries. We rank among the leaders in areas like application development and AI/ML, and our people-first culture has earned us multiple Best Place to Work awards.

WHY JOIN US

If you're looking for a place to grow, make an impact, and work with people who care, we'd love to meet you!

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a Backend Developer to design, build, and maintain scalable systems for a Product-led engineering team. This person works in Java and/or Kotlin with Spring Boot, GraphQL, MongoDB, and Aurora MySQL on AWS, covering everything from operational tooling to system architecture. Comfort picking up compliance, cost-savings, and observability work matters here.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Take on lower-priority engineering work the team lacks bandwidth for, including compliance and engineering maintenance, cost-savings, observability, experiment clean-up, and operational tool development.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable, performant, and reliable software systems.
• Contribute to system architecture and technical design, validating solutions through data and experimentation where appropriate.
• Participate in code reviews and design reviews to maintain high engineering standards.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners, including software engineers, product managers, data scientists, and designers.
• Partner with a Product Manager and fellow engineers to clarify requirements and perform mid-level design work, focusing primarily on coding, testing, and documentation.

MUST HAVES

• 3+ years of professional, backend-focused software development experience .
• Proficiency in Java and/or Kotlin .
• Proficiency in a modern NoSQL database, MongoDB on Atlas .
• Proficiency in a modern relational database, Aurora MySQL on AWS .
• Experience building cloud-native distributed systems on AWS .
• Experience with the Spring Boot framework.
• API development with GraphQL (Netflix DGS) .
• Experience building and operating large-scale, high-performance, and resilient systems on a major cloud platform.

NICE TO HAVES

• Event-driven system development, ideally with Apache Kafka and/or SQS.
• AI-assisted coding experience.
• Terraform.
• Experience building microservices.
• API development with gRPC and REST.

PERKS AND BENEFITS

• Professional growth : Accelerate your professional journey with mentorship, TechTalks, and personalized growth roadmaps.
• Competitive compensation : We match your ever-growing skills, talent, and contributions with competitive USD-based compensation and budgets for education, fitness, and team activities.
• A selection of exciting projects : Join projects with modern solutions development and top-tier clients that include Fortune 500 enterprises and leading product brands.
• Flextime : Tailor your schedule for an optimal work-life balance, by having the options of working from home and going to the office – whatever makes you the happiest and most productive.