Back-End Software Engineer

Founded in 1997, the business writes the billing, metering and customer portal software that small water and electric utilities run on.

Our Denton team is growing and we are hiring a Back-End Software Engineer. We want someone who writes boring, reliable code and leaves good logs behind. Backend role focused on API design, data modeling and making slow things fast. This is an in-person role at our Denton location.

DAY TO DAY

• Design and build REST and gRPC APIs in Go, Java or Python
• Write integration and contract tests so API changes don't break consumers
• Review code for correctness, performance and failure handling
• Secure endpoints with OAuth 2.0, JWT validation and proper input checks
• Containerize services with Docker and deploy them to Kubernetes or ECS
• Coordinate with frontend and mobile engineers on API contracts and versioning
• Implement background jobs and event consumers using Kafka, SQS or RabbitMQ

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 2-4 years of backend development experience in a production environment
• Proficiency in at least one of Go, Java, Kotlin, Python, C# or Node.js
• Strong SQL and relational data modeling skills
• Comfort reading logs, metrics and traces to debug problems in production
• Experience designing and versioning HTTP APIs

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Pay: $137,000 - $172,000 per year

• Health, dental and vision coverage starting on day one
• 401(k) with 4% match
• Paid time off
• Annual bonus
• Vision insurance
• Gym membership reimbursement

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We are unable to sponsor visas for this position.

Interview process: a phone call, a meeting with the hiring manager, and a final conversation with the team.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Baybeam LLC.