Backend Engineer

Job#: 3031975

Job Description:
Backend Engineer

Location: Bellevue, Washington (Remote)
Employment Type: Contract

Role Overview

This is a senior backend engineering role focused on evolving a core platform that directly impacts creator and developer experience at scale. The position involves building a foundational backend platform that standardizes how organizations, teams, roles, and permissions are managed across a large ecosystem. This service will be consumed by multiple high-profile products.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and evolve an existing core backend service into a unified organization foundation.
• Design and build backend services representing organizations, teams, memberships, roles, and permissions.
• Implement durable, well-designed REST APIs used by multiple internal products.
• Migrate and modernize a legacy Java service toward Go or a modern Java stack.
• Design data models, schemas, and authorization logic with long-term scalability in mind.
• Support multiple downstream clients while maintaining clean interfaces and backward compatibility.
• Operate in an environment with evolving requirements and iterative design.
• Write production-ready code with strong test coverage and own quality end-to-end.

Required Qualifications

Experience: 8+ years as a Senior, Staff, or Principal-level backend engineer.

Technical Skills: Strong background in backend application architecture, data modeling, and domain design. Proven experience designing RESTful APIs over HTTP is necessary. Proficiency in Go is preferred, with experience in Java for migrating legacy systems. Candidates must have experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and working across application, database, and infrastructure layers. Comfort deploying and operating backend services in production is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with asynchronous or messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS, etc.).
• A strong testing discipline or Test-Driven Development (TDD) mindset.
• Experience designing platforms consumed by many internal teams.

AI-Assisted Development

This role expects hands-on use of AI-assisted development tools. Candidates should have strong prompting and iteration skills and the ability to responsibly guide, review, and own AI-generated code. Comfort using AI for refactoring, architecture exploration, and productivity gains is expected.

Collaboration & Team Environment

This is a highly collaborative role requiring proactive communication and regular interaction with product partners and multiple engineering teams. The position requires comfort working through ambiguity, aligning stakeholders, and a high ownership mindset. The candidate will join a small platform team and should be US-based for timezone coverage.

Compensation & Benefits

The pay rate for this position is between $90.00 and $100.00 per hour. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to background, knowledge, skills, and experience. Benefits are available for this position.

This employer is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.