Senior Backend Software Engineer

Michael Saunders & Company

full-time

Posted on: 9/28/2025

Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $160,000 - $185,000 per year

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About the role

Coach and mentor engineers of all levels as you deliver on Suzy’s biggest challenges
Participate in long term planning of software architecture with an eye for scalability and maintainability
Own key products at Suzy and participate in triaging and solving high impact bugs
Be the example for high quality code which embraces a “shift left” engineering culture
Set the technical direction for assigned projects and act as a key resource for Product for long term planning, grooming, and sprint planning
Collaborate with Product, User Experience, and Subject Matter Experts to help Suzy achieve its vision for innovative market research solutions
Develop features, handle bugs and drive innovation for the Suzy platform
Build out a robust architecture which processes hundreds of millions of records to support a real time market research platform
Develop and test the REST API layer, create and maintain client SDKs, and integrate with and automate third-party systems and technologies.

Expert-level .NET development experience, encompassing the .NET Framework, .NET Core, and beyond
Demonstrated experience with git, or an equivalent distributed version control system
Strong experience with modern API architectures (e.g., REST, GraphQL, gRPC, real-time web sockets)
Experience with Command Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS) architectures
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server or Azure SQL Server, including schema design and query optimization
Advanced knowledge of Object Relational Mapping frameworks such as EntityFramework, EF Core
Experience with ElasticSearch, CosmosDB, or other comparable NoSQL databases
Experience with Test Driven Development using xUnit and Moq, or other comparable frameworks
Experience with cloud-native development, preferably Azure
Hands-on experience with Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 (ADLS Gen2)
Strong skills in Python for AI, scripting, automation, and data processing tasks
Solid understanding of ETL operations and data pipeline design
1+ years of technical leadership, or equivalent experience
7+ years designing and developing back end systems, or equivalent experience

Benefits

We take care of our employees and their families. We have generous health dental and vision benefits, and our 401K plan vests immediately
A friendly, fun, and collaborative work environment that allows for frequent exposure to executives
The opportunity to make an immediate impact as a part of a fast-growing company
The target base compensation for this role is $160,000 - $185,000 / yr.

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

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