Back-End Software Engineer - Remote

Larchwater employs 4,800 people across engineering hubs in Huntsville and three other locations, building ERP software for mid-market manufacturers. Public sector agencies, utilities and large health systems license our asset management platform under multi-year contracts.

Larchwater is hiring for the Back-End Software Engineer - Remote position to build and run the APIs and services behind our web and mobile apps. This hire will help us split a large monolith into a handful of well-defined services without breaking anything customers rely on.

Main duties:

• Add caching with Redis where it actually helps, and remove it where it doesn't
• Handle on-call for services the team owns and lead incident follow-ups
• Write integration and contract tests so API changes don't break consumers
• Instrument services with metrics, structured logs and OpenTelemetry traces

You'll need:

• Strong SQL and relational data modeling skills
• Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP or Azure services
• Working knowledge of message queues or streaming platforms
• Familiarity with Docker and CI/CD pipelines
• Comfort reading logs, metrics and traces to debug problems in production
• Experience designing and versioning HTTP APIs

What we offer:

Salary range: $150,000 - $180,000 per year

• Health, dental and vision coverage starting on day one
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid sick leave
• Referral program
• Health savings account (HSA) with employer contribution
• Life insurance

Larchwater is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

Start: Immediately.

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