Senior Backend Engineer
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Senior Backend Engineer joining a full-stack team to enhance Gaggle's student safety platform. Collaborating with diverse engineers to develop robust backend solutions.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, scalable backend code to power both internal and external workflows to get Gaggle set up
- Collaborate with frontend engineers, infrastructure engineers, product managers, and others to build powerful features
- Work with engineers across the organization to define and disseminate best practices and improvements to our technology
- Lead the planning and design for the backend portion of projects that help keep students safe
Requirements:
- 5+ years experience working as backend developer on a team of high-performing engineers
- Strong proficiency Java 8+
- Strong proficiency with both SQL and NoSQL databases (MySQL and DynamoDB preferred)
- Experience with TypeScript
- Experience being the owner of a codebase or component of a software product and comfort working independently
- Experience quickly understanding and modifying unfamiliar code
- Experience leveraging AI tools (e.g. Cursor, Claude, Copilot, Junie) into the software development process
- Experience writing well-tested code that is deployed on a modern CI/CD pipeline
- Experience working on a product-focused team that operates with strong collaboration among engineers with different technical backgrounds and expertise
- Excellent communication skills.
Benefits:
- Please apply to this posting in order to learn more about the starting salary range and benefit options.


















