Software Engineer - Backend

Parker

• $125K — $150K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in backend development using technologies like Git, Node.js, GraphQL, Docker, and Kubernetes.
  • Experience building scalable products or applications from the ground up.
  • Strong communication skills in English.
  • Ability to work closely with customers to make informed product decisions.
  • Focused on performance and reliability in system design.

Responsibilities

  • Design and scale backend systems to ensure platform speed and reliability.
  • Architect APIs and shape data models for effective data handling.
  • Optimize infrastructure for performance and scalability.
  • Collaborate with product and infrastructure teams to streamline processes.
  • Develop and maintain backend services using modern technologies.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for growth in a fast-paced environment.
  • Encouragement to learn and experiment with new technologies.
  • Collaborative team culture that promotes innovation and creativity.
  • Chance to work on impactful projects that serve real users.
Full Job Description
About The Role:

Parker is hiring a Software Engineer - Backend to design and scale the foundational systems that keep our platform fast, reliable, and secure. You'll work on everything from architecting APIs and shaping data models to optimizing infrastructure for performance and growth. We're looking for engineers with a strong systems mindset and 5+ years of experience building backend services from the ground up-someone who values thoughtful abstractions, understands how to move quickly without sacrificing reliability, and enjoys collaborating across product and infrastructure teams to deliver impact at scale.

Basic Qualifications
  • Minimum of four years of experience with modern web technologies such as: Git, Node.js, GraphQL, React, Web API's, Docker, Databases, Kubernetes, Microservices, etc.
  • Interest in building products meant to be used by real users. Meaning the ability to work closely with customers and intuitively make real product decisions
  • Proven abilities in developing your own scalable, products/applications from scratch
  • Strong ability to communicate in English
Who you are
  • A passionate, determined, and curious thinker who thinks about problems from an engineering perspective
  • Someone who is interested in growing in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong communicator who can articulate your ideas clearly and participate in making difficult decisions
  • A self-starter who can approach general problems and find a direction to take them
  • A hacker with general interest in learning about new technologies and coming up with solutions to unsolved problems
Nice to haves
  • Experience working within payments or at a fintech company/on a fintech project
  • Experience and subject matter expertise in the e-commerce industry
  • Interest/contributions to open source software

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