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Senior Backend Engineer
Location
Texas
Posted
12 hours ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Backend Engineer
VetsEZ
• Design and develop backend services, APIs, and enterprise integration components supporting mission-critical healthcare applications. • Lead technical implementation activities involving service-layer business logic, data processing, error handling, and system integrations. • Collaborate with architects and technical leadership to align solution development with platform standards, roadmap priorities, and non-functional requirements. • Perform code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and promote best practices for maintainability, reliability, security, and performance. • Support troubleshooting, root cause analysis, defect remediation, and production support activities across multiple environments. • Optimize backend application performance, monitoring, logging, and observability capabilities to improve operational stability. • Contribute to technical design reviews, estimation efforts, release planning, and technical documentation activities. • Partner with QA and DevSecOps teams to improve testability, deployment readiness, and operational resilience. • Identify opportunities for code refactoring, reusable component development, and technical debt reduction initiatives. • Support Agile delivery processes and contribute to sprint, increment, and release commitments across cross-functional teams. • Contribute to various projects and initiatives as assigned, demonstrating adaptability and a collaborative mindset.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field; equivalent experience may be considered.
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in backend engineering, enterprise application development, or software engineering roles.
- Strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, RESTful API development, and service-oriented or microservices architectures.
- Experience with SQL, relational database design, and backend data integration patterns.
- Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, secure application development, and enterprise security best practices.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git-based development workflows, and production support operations.
- Proven ability to lead technical implementation efforts and mentor less-experienced developers within Agile teams.
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, system design, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working within Agile software delivery environments and collaborating across cross-functional technical teams.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Government clearance.
Benefits
- Medical/Dental/Vision.
- 401k with Employer Match.
- PTO + Federal Holidays.
- Corporate Laptop.
- Training Opportunities.
- Remote Opportunity.
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