Senior Backend Software Engineer / Senior Full-Stack Platform Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Backend Software Engineer / Senior Full-Stack Platform Engineer

• Work style: Remote (EST)

• Duration: Long term contract

Description

Build and lead backend and platform services for workflow-driven, API-centric systems in an enterprise-scale environment. Work on scalable, cloud-based distributed systems using Go, Python, and/or JavaScript, along with Docker/Kubernetes and CI/CD for automated cloud deployments.

Responsibilities

• Deliver production-grade, enterprise-scale software

• Develop backend APIs and workflow-driven components

• Debug issues and optimize performance

• Lead non-functional improvements such as scalability, reliability, and observability

• Mentor junior engineers and collaborate with global engineering and product teams

• Operate in governed Enterprise Agile environments

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional software development

• Strong Go, Python, and/or JavaScript

• Backend APIs and workflow-driven systems experience

• Scalable, cloud-based distributed systems experience

• Docker, Kubernetes, or similar container orchestration

• CI/CD and cloud deployments

• Debugging and performance optimization experience

• Strong verbal communication with technical and non-technical audiences

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

Benefits

• Opportunity to work on high-impact enterprise platform and workflow systems

• Long-term remote contract role

• Leadership-focused position with mentorship and technical improvement ownership

Preferred

• Geospatial data processing and visualization

• Workflow orchestration / job processing systems

• High-throughput, high-concurrency service architectures

• AI-assisted and agentic coding tools

• Graphical editing or CAD-style 2D drawing tools

• Browser rendering (Canvas, WebGL)