
Senior Backend Engineer
US Mobile
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • United States
Visit company websiteExplore more
Salary
💰 $140,000 - $180,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Architect optimal solutions to our business problems
- Deploy exciting new features
- Help us scale to scale to 10’s of millions of customers & connected devices
- Build quality tools and frameworks to ensure a high-quality product
- Build systems to ensure continuous uptime
- Develop and maintain RESTful APIs using Java (Spring Boot or related web frameworks) or Python (Flask, Django)
- Design and implement asynchronous service communication using RabbitMQ or AWS SQS/SNS
- Work with NoSQL databases like MongoDB for data modeling and storage
- Collaborate with Product, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver reliable and scalable features
- Write clean, testable, and well-documented code with unit and integration tests
- Participate in system architecture design, code reviews, and performance tuning
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience with Java and Spring Boot
- Strong experience with building and consuming REST APIs
- Hands-on experience with message brokers such as RabbitMQ or AWS SQS/SNS
- Familiarity with MongoDB or other NoSQL database technologies
- Experience integrating and leveraging AI-assisted development tools such as Claude and Opencode to accelerate backend development, including code generation, debugging, and optimization of APIs and services.
- Demonstrated ability to incorporate AI tools into the software development lifecycle, using Claude or Opencode for tasks like automated code reviews, documentation generation, and improving system design efficiency.
- Solid understanding of Git, CI/CD workflows, and agile development practices
- Excellent debugging, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
- Strong communication and team collaboration skills
Benefits
- Health care coverage through Aetna (Medical, Dental, Vision)
- Flexible paid time off
- Gym reimbursement (up to $100 a month)
- Commuter reimbursement (MTA, Metro North, etc..)
- Free cell phone service
- Your choice of equipment + Bose QC/Apple Airpod Pro headphones
- 401k
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
JavaSpring BootPythonFlaskDjangoRESTful APIsRabbitMQAWS SQSAWS SNSMongoDB
Soft Skills
problem-solvingdebuggingcommunicationteam collaboration