Back-end Software Engineer

Job Title: Senior Backend Software Engineer

Location: Dearborn, Michigan

Job Type: W2 Contract

Expected hours per week: 40 hours

Schedule: Hybrid 4 days onsite, 1 day remote

Pay Range: $70+ an hour

Job Description

This role focuses on designing, developing, testing, deploying, and operating backend software solutions that support APIs, microservices, databases, and business logic across cloud and on?prem environments. Engineers engage across the full software lifecycle, collaborating with cross?functional teams to deliver secure, scalable, reliable, and production?ready services while supporting ongoing operations and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage with customers and stakeholders to understand use cases, pain points, and requirements
• Design, develop, test, deliver, and operate backend services, APIs, and microservices
• Contribute to application design and architecture, aligning with architectural guidelines and long?term goals
• Collaborate with product owners, designers, architects, and front?end engineers to deliver high?quality solutions
• Manage application deployment to cloud or on?prem environments, including monitoring, security hardening, and disaster recovery
• Support production systems through troubleshooting, monitoring, debugging, performance tuning, and incident resolution
• Promote disciplined engineering practices including automated testing, CI/CD, incremental delivery, and regular refactoring
• Optimize backend infrastructure and deployment practices to improve resiliency and reliability
• Support security and data protection practices including encryption and anonymization
• Participate in code reviews, design reviews, documentation, and shared engineering standards
• Support and mentor less?experienced engineers through collaboration and code reviews

Required Skills & Experience

• Backend application design, development, testing, and production support
• Design and implementation of RESTful and/or event?driven web services and APIs
• Test automation including unit, integration, API, and regression testing
• Integration testing and validation of service?to?service and external system integrations
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, continuous integration, and continuous delivery
• Strong experience with databases and data storage technologies (e.g., Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB)
• Proficiency in at least one backend language (Java, Python, C#, etc.), with practical experience in multiple languages
• 10+ years in IT with 8+ years in software development
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO & 401K

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