Role Description United Parks & Resorts is hiring a Backend Engineer to build secure, scalable backend services and APIs that power our customer-facing digital experiences. This role works closely with our Sitecore-based platform and supports key E-Commerce journeys end-to-end, with an emphasis on reliability, performance, and automated testing. This position is eligible for Remote Work. Key Responsibilities - Build and maintain backend services and APIs supporting customer-facing digital experiences - Integrate backend services with CMS-driven experiences, enabling content-driven and configurable experiences across the platform - Design stable API contracts with clear versioning, backward compatibility, and predictable behavior - Build cloud-native services on Azure or other major cloud platforms, with attention to observability, resiliency, and performance - Drive technical design discussions, code reviews, and continuous improvement of development practices - Own quality end-to-end through automated testing and the right level of code coverage - Use modern AI-assisted development tools responsibly to improve productivity, code quality, and developer velocity Qualifications - 7+ years of hands-on development experience in C#/.NET, including building REST APIs with ASP.NET Core, dependency injection, async programming, validation, and secure API development - Production experience building backend services with Node.js, including API frameworks and asynchronous service behavior - Experience supporting CMS-based Web platforms through backend services, integrations, and content delivery patterns - Experience building and maintaining automated test coverage as part of delivery, including unit tests and integration/API tests for critical workflows - Expertise in xUnit, NUnit, Jest, or MSTest with mocking frameworks such as Moq - Cloud-native development experience using Azure, AWS, or GCP, including deployments, configuration, and secrets management - Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills in distributed systems - Experience working across backend, web, and mobile layers, with an understanding of how these systems interact in production - Communicates technical designs and decisions clearly, enabling alignment across engineering and cross-functional teams - Comfortable integrating and evolving legacy systems while maintaining reliability and stability Benefits - Paid Floating Holidays - Paid Time Off - Complimentary Park Tickets and Passes - Park Discounts on Food and Merchandise - Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance - 401K Retirement plan - Voluntary Insurance - Life Insurance - Disability Benefits - Dependent and Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts - Employee Assistance Program - Legal Assistance Plan