Backend Developer Sample Job Descriptions

Above all else, two factors drive our mission: excellent engineering and customer satisfaction. Keeping this in mind, there are no challenges that we cannot overcome. We’re a multi-faceted team filled with experts in their respective fields, and we’re searching for a backend developer. If you’re an excellent developer with years of experience and you think you’ve got what it takes to provide a frictionless experience to customers, and you are an excellent team player, we’d love to hear from you!

Typical duties and responsibilities

• Designs, configures, tests, and deploys web service applications using a wide variety of toolkits
• Documents and maintains applications using best practices and standards
• Gathers business needs and formulates that into specific guidelines with which programs will be written
• Troubleshooting and resolution of issues related to applications
• Creating, testing, and implementing enhancements of applications

Education and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum 5 (five) years hands-on experience

Required skills and qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Experience in Core Java, Spring Boot/MVC/Security
• Working knowledge of scripting languages and tools
• Excellent multitasking and organization skills
• Expertise in application, data, and infrastructure architecture disciplines
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment

Preferred qualifications

• Working knowledge of Java, Python, PHP, Spring, Micronaut, Django, Flask, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and AWS DynamoDB
• 8 years of hands-on experience in a related position
• Experience working with Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Advanced knowledge of SOA/MVC architecture
• Passion for industry-wide technology trends and best practices
• Strong backend development skills
• Innovative and self-driven developer that works well alone and in collaborative environments

Duties include working in a professional environment with a national team of developers, geospatial analysts, engineers, scientists, business analysts, and planners. The ability to effectively lead and participate in remote teams with individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, both technical and non-technical, is required. Successful candidates will be able to lead development projects, plan and design solutions, develop database schemas, and analyze methods needed to support project goals. Our projects include solutions for desktop, web, and mobile

Core skills

• Communication. Ability to share your ideas and work with other developers in a collaborative environment
• Problem solving. Knowing how to make a task easier, more maintainable, and stable
• Curiosity. Knowing what’s on the horizon in web and mobile development and when to use it
• Adaptability. Able to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies
• Ability to manage a complex range of tasks and meet deadlines
• Understanding and application of the agile development lifecycle

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s in computer science, Geography, Geospatial Science, Planning, Environmental Sciences, or relevant field
• 2 years focusing on enterprise-scale backend architectures
• GIS development experience is desired but not required
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant in our employee-owned culture is a must

Preferred qualifications

• Minimum of two years’ experience in software development
• Experience with agile development practices through Jira
• Experience with server-side technologies (Java, .NET, NodeJS, etc.)
• Experience with the design, development, testing, and support of ETL processes
• Should have strong knowledge of API design, development, and support
• MuleSoft Developer Level 1 certification is a plus
• Development and optimization of PL/SQL queries
• Experience with support and optimization of Oracle 11g and 12c databases

What do you need to succeed? Strong back-end skills include ORM Hibernate/myBatis, Spring Boot, Microservices, Spring frameworks (Spring security, Spring batch, Spring MVC), and REST API. Along with the ability to synthesize requirements, underlying feature requests, recommend alternative technical and business approaches, and facilitate engineering efforts to meet aggressive timelines.

Your future duties and responsibilities

• Engage with architects/product team to comprehend functional challenges, prototype new ideas, and new technologies, and help to create innovative solutions
• Design and develop solutions following established frameworks, application development standards, and quality processes in projects
• Assess the impacts on technical design because of the changes in functional requirements
• Gain knowledge and control of client integration endpoints (live API’s, Batch, Queue-based processing)
• Will work within a fast-paced Agile DevOps team, contributing and collaborating with the scrum team on a daily basis
• Participate in all phases of Agile methodology (planning, grooming, coding sprint items)
• Mentor junior developers, which may include performing code reviews. Suggest tools, technologies, and best practices that improve stability

Basic qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in JEE technology stack. Backend development capabilities supporting Database, server-side development, and CI/CD integration
• 5+ years of experience with Spring Boot, Spring Data, Spring Batch, Spring Cloud, and Spring Security
• Extensive experience with WebService development (SOAP/REST)
• Experience with ORM Hibernate and MyBatis
• 2+ years of experience in Microservices development using Spring Boot. Understanding of key components of a microservices architecture including containers, load balancing, distributed cache, and preferably experience with Eureka and Zuul
• Strong knowledge of messaging systems, either RabbitMQ or Kafka
• Extensive experience writing Junit test cases, Mockito, and PowerMock
• Experience with NoSQL database, Oracle, and PostgreSQL
• Experience handling JSON data in PostgreSQL
• Experience with Business Rules Engine, preferably Drools
• Experience with Business Workflow Management systems
• Experience with Springfox 3.0 and Swagger
• Practical knowledge of Git flow and GitHub flow branching strategies.
• Familiar with DevOps toolchain experience: GitHub, JFrog Artifacts, SonarQube, etc.
• Experience with ELK stack, Elastic Search, Logstash, and Kibana is a plus.

Work you’ll do

• Design, develop, and support Cloud-Native applications and API development using C# .NET on Azure Cloud Platform
• Contribute to application development on multiple large-scale, mission-critical systems
• Work collaboratively as a key contributor on a high-performing team which ships code and delivers value
• Participate in requirements gathering, analysis, and technical design

Required qualifications

• Design, develop, and support Cloud-Native applications and API development using C# .NET on Azure Cloud Platform (Experience with object-oriented languages & implementing RESTful web services in Azure required)
• Hands-on experience with Azure App Service Model (Static Web Apps, Function Apps)
• Strong understanding of Cloud computing concepts and technologies, such as IaaS/SaaS/PaaS, load balancing, storage, etc. (creating, deploying, configuring, and scaling applications on Azure PaaS)
• Hands-on experience on Azure storage services like SQL DB, Cosmos DB, Tables, Files, and Blobs, and tools like Azure DevOps & GitHub

Preferred qualifications

• Full-stack experience with WordPress UI and backend skills isn’t required, but would be a huge plus!
• Knowledge of Azure IaaS (APIM, VMs, VNET, NSG Rules, VPN Gateways, and Express Route)
• Knowledge of networking engineering, including DNS, Active Directory, Firewall, Load balancers, etc.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills coupled with analytical problem-solving skills
• Ability to write quality unit and end-to-end tests; debug and optimize existing and new code

We seek a skilled and motivated Node.js Back-End Developer to join our dynamic team. You will be crucial in developing and maintaining our back-end services, ensuring seamless functionality, robustness, and optimal performance. The ideal candidate will be proficient in Node.js and AWS.

Baseline Qualifications

• BS in computer science or related area
• Minimum of 4 years’ relevant experience

Key Responsibilities

• Collaboration with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and implement efficient and scalable Node.js back-end services.
• Implement unit tests using relevant testing frameworks and write clean, well-structured code.
• Deploy, manage, and monitor applications using AWS services.
• Design, implement, and optimize database solutions using MongoDB or DocumentDB.
• Maintain coding standards by contributing constructive feedback to code reviews.
• Assist with troubleshooting and solving technical issues, optimizing performance, and fixing bugs.
• Stay up-to-date with industry best practices, emerging technologies, and trends related to back-end development.
• Strong proficiency in back-end service development.
• Demonstrated experience with AWS services, including deployment and management.
• Familiarity with unit testing frameworks and commitment to well-tested code.
• Strong problem-solving skills and critical thinking in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication skills and collaborative mindset

Tools And Technologies

• Node.js
• AWS Services
• Docker
• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• MongoDB

Preferences

• Familiarity with JIRA for issue tracking and project management.
• Proficiency with Jenkins or similar continuous integration/deployment (CI/CD) tools