Backend Engineer (.NET)

Since 1981, the company has expanded from listings into payments, shipping and seller financing. Content moderation runs around the clock, with reviewers in multiple time zones and languages. We started in 1981 and have grown to about 7,800 people. Our office has a quiet floor and a loud floor.

Role overview

Thicketflow is looking for a Backend Engineer (.NET) to join a small, steady team. 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. You can set your own hours around a daily morning check-in.

Key responsibilities

• Instrument services with metrics, structured logs and OpenTelemetry traces
• Model data and write migrations for PostgreSQL, MySQL or DynamoDB
• Secure endpoints with OAuth 2.0, JWT validation and proper input checks
• Add caching with Redis where it actually helps, and remove it where it doesn't
• Containerize services with Docker and deploy them to Kubernetes or ECS
• Write integration and contract tests so API changes don't break consumers

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of backend development experience in a production environment
• Clear written communication, including design docs
• Strong SQL and relational data modeling skills
• Comfort reading logs, metrics and traces to debug problems in production
• Experience designing and versioning HTTP APIs
• Working knowledge of message queues or streaming platforms

Nice to have

• Elasticsearch or OpenSearch
• Background with high-volume payment or ledger systems
• NoSQL stores such as MongoDB, Cassandra or DynamoDB

$154,000 to $194,000/year

Pay and benefits

• Health savings account (HSA) with employer contribution
• 401(k) with 4% match
• Paid parental leave

We are unable to sponsor visas for this position.

Start dates are flexible, usually within a few weeks of an offer.

Start: Within 30 days.

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