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Back End Developer

Chicago, IL · On-site +1

We are looking for a fundamentally sound backend developer that is a stickler for code quality and ... Unlimited Sick Days, options to work from home at manager's discretion * Great PTO and Holiday time ...

Teal Media

Senior WordPress Backend Developer

Chicago, IL · On-site +1

$115K - $135K/yr

At Teal, we value our people above all else and choose to work with partners and clients who share ... Remote (US) Salary The salary range for this role is $115,000 - $135,000, commensurate with ...

Next Step Systems

FPGA Engineer - Work From Home

Chicago, IL · On-site +1

$133K - $172K/yr

FPGA Engineer - Work From Home We are seeking a talented and self-motivated FPGA Engineer to join a ... This position is 100% Remote. Responsibilities: - Architect and code FPGA designs in a hardware ...

Allied

Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Chicago, IL · On-site +1

$120K - $150K/yr

Familiarity with Azure DevOps or similar platforms for source control and build automation POSITION ... Our remote friendly culture offers flexibility and the comfort of working from home, while also ...

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Senior Back-End Engineer - Work From Home

Senior Back-End Engineer - Work From Home

Next Step Systems

Chicago, IL • On-site, Remote

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 14 days ago

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Senior Back-End Engineer - Work From Home
This Senior Back-End Engineer position is a 100% Remote opportunity. Compensation includes salary plus equity and the company fully covers cost of medical, dental and vision insurance for employee, spouse and children!
As a Senior Back-End Engineer, you will join us at the early stages to envision and build innovative banking technology solution and products from the ground up. The Senior Backend Engineer will cover all primary development activity across all technology functions that ensure we deliver code with high quality for our applications, products and services. The Senior Backend Engineer will work closely with the product team and Frontend Engineers to ensure system consistency for customers' needs and user experience.
Ideally, you should have a successful track record of design, development, and implementation of software and can demonstrate experience of technology expertise in integration, launch, scaling, and maintenance of new and existing products and solutions. You should have the ability to contribute to a team culture that inspires excellence in what we deliver, collaboration in how we deliver it, and the innovation that will enable us to help customers with their financial service needs.
Responsibilities:
- Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding and debugging.
- Write clean code to develop functional web applications.
- Troubleshoot and debug applications.
- Perform UI tests to optimize performance.
- Manage cutting-edge technologies to improve legacy applications.
- Collaborate with Front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
- Gather and address technical and design requirements.
- Provide training and support to internal teams.
- Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
- Liaise with developers, designers, and system administrators to identify new features.
- Follow emerging technologies.
- Work closely with Product, QA, Dev-Ops, Customer Success and management.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience with Java.
- Extensive knowledge and experience with: Java Spring Boot, JPA, Hibernate, Databases (RDS is a bonus), Microservices, docker, K8s/Kubernetes (EKS is a bonus), Elasticsearch.
- Strong analytical and debugging skills.
- Building organized processes and structured formal documentation.
- B.Sc. or higher in Computer Science or equivalent.
Benefits include medical insurance, retirement plan, PTO, etc. Salary: 80K+ DOE. Keywords: Chicago IL Jobs, Senior Back-End Engineer, Java, Java Spring Boot, Hibernate, Microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, Software Developer, Software Engineer, Programmer Analyst, Programming, Chicago Recruiters, IT Jobs, Chicago Recruiting
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