Backend Developer - Remote

About us

PGT Apps is a 11-person software shop in Mesa. The founders still answer support tickets. We are a small, self-funded team building a booking app for independent salons and tattoo studios.

We're looking for a Backend Developer - Remote to join our team. This is a remote role. Backend role focused on API design, data modeling and making slow things fast. You can work from home anywhere in the US. We have no office requirement. Please make sure you have a quiet place to work and a solid internet connection.

Job duties

• Reduce cloud costs by right-sizing services and cleaning up unused resources.
• Model data and write migrations for PostgreSQL, MySQL or DynamoDB.
• Write integration and contract tests so API changes don't break consumers.
• Instrument services with metrics, structured logs and OpenTelemetry traces.

Requirements

• 2-4 years of backend development experience in a production environment.
• Comfort reading logs, metrics and traces to debug problems in production.
• Proficiency in at least one of Go, Java, Kotlin, Python, C# or Node.js.

Why work with us

$159,000 to $184,000 annually

• 401(k) with a 100% match up to 5%.
• Three weeks of PTO to start.
• 401(k) with 4% match.
• Vision insurance.

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

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 PGT Apps, Inc..