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MachinifyMachinifyUnited States

Staff Software Engineer, Backend | Web Apps

Designs and builds scalable backend systems for web applications at the intersection of engineering, AI, and decision automation. Requires 10+ years backend experience with Java/Scala, system architecture, and strong CS fundamentals.

200k – 250k/yr
Remote10+ YOEBackend Engineering

About the role

What You’ll Do

  • Contribute to backend server-side development to ensure our application is extensible, scalable, and secure
  • Recognize and prioritize between Customer deliverables & Tech debt to develop a sustainable software suite of products.
  • Enjoy designing and architecting complex frameworks for applying ML techniques to large data volumes and simplifying labor-intensive processes
  • Deliver resilient enterprise software solutions

What You Bring

  • 10+ years of backend focused experience in the field of application programming and complex API development
  • Strong working experience with Java or Scala
  • Proven experience developing thoughtful backend system design and architecture with scalability in mind
  • Additional Rust experience highly desired across greenfield projects!
  • Experience reading and understanding complex enterprise-grade code, quickly contributing to it, and suggesting improvements.
  • Working experience writing SQL queries
  • Strong CS foundation (data structures, asynchronous programming) 
  • Excellences in test writing discipline
  • Critical thinking and problem solving skills working in a high growth environment
  • Comfortable navigating ambiguity
  • BS or MS in Computer Science (or equivalent experience)

What We Offer 

  • Work from anywhere in the US! Machinify is digital-first. 
  • Top Medical/Dental/Vision offerings 
  • FSA/HSA 
  • Tuition reimbursement 
  • Competitive salary, 401(k) with company match 
  • Unlimited PTO 
  • Additional health and wellness benefits and perks 
  • Flexible and trusting environment where you’ll feel empowered to do your best work 

Pay range: $200,000-250,000

Skills

JavaScalaRustSQLAPI DevelopmentBackend ArchitectureData StructuresAsynchronous ProgrammingMachine LearningTesting

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