Silver.dev

Backend and DevOps Engineer – Mid-level

Silver.dev

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: California • United States

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Tech Stack

AWSCloudDockerEC2ElasticSearchKafkaMongoDBPostgresPythonSQL

About the role

  • Design, build, and maintain Python-based backend services and REST APIs
  • Own data models and query optimization across MongoDB and PostgreSQL
  • Write clean, tested, production-grade code and participate in code review
  • Build internal tooling and automation scripts to accelerate the team
  • Containerize services with Docker and manage deployment configs
  • Debug and resolve application-layer issues quickly, in direct collaboration with engineering
  • Administer our AWS environment (EC2, ECS, RDS, IAM, networking)
  • Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines; manage self-hosted and cloud build agents
  • Own our observability stack (Datadog): dashboards, alerts, log pipelines, and metrics
  • Help manage cloud-native services like Elasticsearch and Kafka, with a focus on deployment and monitoring
  • Implement DevSecOps best practices: access control, secret management, auditing, and certificate renewals
  • Maintain SOC 2 compliance controls and contribute to audit readiness
  • Write clear technical documentation and lead incident retrospectives to drive reliability improvements

Requirements

  • 4-5 years of backend engineering and/or DevOps experience, with meaningful time in both disciplines
  • Production Python: service development, REST API design, scripting, and automation
  • Strong SQL skills and hands-on MongoDB experience
  • Docker for containerization; comfortable writing and debugging Dockerfiles and Compose configs
  • AWS fundamentals: EC2, ECS, RDS, IAM, and networking
  • CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions or similar platforms
  • SOC 2 compliance exposure or equivalent security controls experience
  • Strong troubleshooting instincts across both app and infra layers
  • You write documentation that people actually read.
Benefits
  • Competitive compensation and benefits
  • Flexible remote-first work environment
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonREST APIsMongoDBPostgreSQLDockerAWSCI/CDElasticsearchKafkaDevSecOps
Soft Skills
troubleshootingdocumentationcollaborationcode reviewincident retrospectives