Mid-Level Backend Engineer
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Job DescriptionPiper Companies is seeking a Mid-Level Backend Engineer, in a remote environment to join an industry leading data collection company based in Washington DC. The Backend Engineer will be responsible developing, maintaining, and improving current APIs, processing pipelines, and CI/CD workflows.
Responsibilities of the Backend Engineer include:
- Oversee and produce high-quality, maintainable code using Node.js and Python to develop, scale, and maintain APIs and data processing pipelines
- Collaborate with engineers to build new features and tooling for geospatial analytics applications
- Build and maintain existing data stores with ElasticSearch, PostgreSQL, and Google Cloud’s Big Query
- Leverage opportunities to continually improve performance, data quality, security, systems, processes, and standards to scale
- Understand and leverage cloud architectures that include GCP or AWS
- Leverage partnerships with Data Scientists to ensure code and technology meet internal standards
- 3+ years of experience utilizing Cloud and JVM languages and building data-serving APIs
- Proficiency utilizing Node.js, Python, and Scala
- Experience working with PostgreSQL or other relational databases to work with large datasets
- BS in Computer Science/Engineering or related field
- Salary Range: $120,000 - $160,000 + equity stake*depending on experience*
- Full Benefits: 100% Health, Dental, Vision, 401k with matching, PTO & Holidays
