$130,000–$180,000/yr

Backend Engineer

Full-time Remote 33d ago

Location:

Company:

Silo builds technologies that enhance efficiency and transparency in the agricultural supply chain, benefiting various industry stakeholders.

Summary:

The Backend Engineer will develop server-side business logic and ensure performance of APIs for product features. Applicants need strong experience in high-availability software development, a Computer Science degree or equivalent experience, and familiarity with database solutions.

Requirements:

Technology: Go, AWS, Kubernetes

Hard Skills: Postgres, MongoDB, REST API, GraphQL API

Credentials: B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Experience: 6+ years of experience building high-availability software in a production environment

Job Description:

The Role

As a backend software engineer, you will be responsible for building efficient and robust server-side business logic for product features, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to frontend requests. You will work with other backend and frontend engineers to design effective APIs providing a great user experience. Our backend is currently written in Go and connected to a Postgres database, all deployed on AWS through Kubernetes.

What you'll do

Collaborate on software projects with product designers and frontend engineers (and even our end-users if you’d like!)
Implement efficient and robust algorithms for product features
Develop, release, and maintain backend services and/or infrastructure
Work with frontend engineers to design flexible APIs
Manage individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables

Qualifications

6+ years of experience building high-availability software in a production environment
B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software design
Experience with Postgres, MongoDB, or other major database solutions
Experience with REST- or GraphQL-based API design
Willingness to learn and grow in a fast-paced start-up environment
- Bonus points for:
- - Tech lead experience
  - Proficiency in Go
  - Familiarity with SQL query and Postgres DB performance optimization
  - Intuition in good product design

Benefits & Perks

Silo offers a competitive salary and commissions, as well as comprehensive company-sponsored health insurance, wellness and meal stipends, flexible time away and paid parental leave - in addition to a great company culture and team!
The salary range for this position is $130,000 - $180,000 annually. Compensation is subject to factors such as experience, qualifications, company budget and location and is not guaranteed at the top of the range.