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Software Engineer: Back-End

LogicGate
Location
Remote USA | Chicago Preferred
Posted
23 days ago
Department
Back-End
Salary
$105,000 - $130,000
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 3–5 years of professional backend, platform, or systems engineering experience within a high-growth environment
  • Strong development experience using Java, Kotlin, or a comparable enterprise JVM language
  • Solid experience building, owning, and maintaining production-grade REST APIs
  • Practical experience working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL
  • Demonstrated ability to independently debug complex distributed backend services
  • Practical experience using AI coding assistants as part of a normal workflow
Nice to have
  • Experience or fluency with Go
  • Familiarity with graph databases (Neo4j), message queues (RabbitMQ), or distributed caching layers (Redis)
  • Background building multi-tenant B2B SaaS applications
  • Deep understanding of event-driven architectures, microservices patterns, or containerized applications at production scale
What the job really is

As a Back-End Software Engineer at LogicGate, you will be responsible for building robust backend services, APIs, and data layers for the Risk Cloud platform. Your day-to-day tasks will include designing and implementing backend features, conducting quality assurance and testing, debugging production workloads, and collaborating with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment. You will also take ownership of specific domains within the platform, ensuring maintainability and scalability of the solutions you develop.

Benefits
  • Competitive salary and variable compensation plans
  • Equity options
  • Flexible health and wellness benefits
  • Generous PTO
  • Annual Company Holidays
  • Health Days
Things to weigh
  • No specific mention of remote work flexibility beyond the stated locations
  • The role emphasizes operational ownership, which may require a high level of independence and accountability
  • The technology stack includes both legacy and modern components, which may impact the learning curve
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