Backend Engineer

ABOUT US

We are 4 people, all hands-on, and the founders still run engagements themselves. Lab time is built into the schedule, not squeezed in after hours.

THE ROLE

We are adding headcount to this team, so this is a new seat. You'll work mostly on server-side code: services, queues, databases and the glue between them. Little to no frontend work. Ledgerline Labs is hiring for the Backend Engineer position to build and run the APIs and services behind our web and mobile apps. On site, Bismarck.

DAY TO DAY

Reduce cloud costs by right-sizing services and cleaning up unused resources. Model data and write migrations for PostgreSQL, MySQL or DynamoDB. Containerize services with Docker and deploy them to Kubernetes or ECS. Tune slow queries, add indexes and read query plans. Instrument services with metrics, structured logs and OpenTelemetry traces.

YOU MIGHT BE A GOOD FIT IF YOU

2+ years of backend development experience in a production environment. Comfort reading logs, metrics and traces to debug problems in production. Familiarity with Docker and CI/CD pipelines.

BONUS POINTS

Background with high-volume payment or ledger systems. Prior work breaking up a monolith. Elasticsearch or OpenSearch.

WHY WORK WITH US

Pay: $122,000 - $139,000 per year

Annual bonus. Health insurance. 401(k) with a 100% match up to 5%. Profit sharing.

Most hires start within two to three weeks of an offer.

Start: Immediately.

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