Senior Backend Software Engineer

U.S. Venture, Inc.•Appleton, WI

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Backend Software Engineer serves as a pivotal technical leader within the team, holding responsibility for managing backend subsystems or services. This position involves a commitment to ensuring the scalability, performance, and security of backend solutions. Additionally, the engineer plays a vital role in mentoring several engineers and fostering the adoption of best practices across the team. This role will work on a number of projects/initiatives including a current focus on internal AI related projects. This role is located on-site in Appleton, WI.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field.
5+ years of backend software engineering experience.
Proven experience in .NET Core, C#, distributed systems, and RESTful services.
Strong understanding of backend performance optimization and scalability.
Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and leading technical discussions.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with domain-driven design and event-driven architecture.
Experience with NoSQL databases and message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
Exposure to enterprise-grade monitoring, observability, and security practices.

Responsibilities

Spearhead the design and implementation of subsystems or backend services, with a strong emphasis on architecture, data models, and API contracts.
Work to ensure that backend components align with scalability, performance, and security standards.
Offer guidance and mentorship to engineers, fostering an environment of technical growth and high-quality outcomes.
Actively identify opportunities to manage technical debt, proposing thoughtful refactoring and modernization strategies.
Advocate for the adoption of engineering best practices, including CI/CD automation and secure coding methodologies.
Live our values of High Performance, Caring Relationships, Strategic Foresight, and Entrepreneurial Spirit Find A Better Way by championing continuous improvement and quality control efforts to identify opportunities to innovate and improve efficiency, accuracy, and standardization
Continuously learn and develop self professionally
Support corporate efforts for safety, government compliance, and all other company policies & procedures
Perform other related duties as required and assigned