backend developer

We are seeking a Backend Developer for a full-time position based in Charlotte, North Carolina. This is a 12-month engagement focused on designing, developing, and maintaining scalable microservices and backend platform components using modern technologies and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, enhance, and maintain scalable microservices and backend platform components using Rust and Python.
• Build API-first solutions following OpenAPI standards and best practices.
• Apply AI-Driven Development techniques and tools to accelerate software development, testing, documentation, and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with architects, product managers, and engineering teams to design robust and scalable solutions.
• Troubleshoot, optimize, and resolve application, API, and performance-related issues.
• Develop and execute unit, integration, and automated tests to ensure software quality and reliability.
• Maintain awareness of emerging technologies, AI capabilities, and engineering best practices, and evaluate their applicability within the organization.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering standards, best practices, and design discussions.
• Work closely with DevOps and release engineering teams to deploy new features and production improvements.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, API specifications, and operational runbooks.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of development processes, tooling, and platform architecture.
• Apply software design patterns and engineering best practices to deliver maintainable, scalable, and secure solutions.

Qualifications

• Required

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

• Minimum of 3 years of professional software development experience building backend applications, APIs, or microservices using Rust and Python.

• Strong hands-on experience developing and consuming RESTful APIs using OpenAPI/Swagger specifications.

• Demonstrated experience with AI-Driven Development, including the effective use of AI-assisted engineering tools for code generation, testing, debugging, documentation, code reviews, and software design.

• Strong programming skills in Rust and Python, with solid understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, and clean code practices.

• Experience developing and operating microservices in distributed environments.

• Understanding of API security, authentication, and authorization mechanisms such as OAuth2, JWT, and service-to-service authentication.

• Experience with Python package management and dependency management tools (pip, Poetry, or similar).

• Working knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker.

• Experience with source control systems and modern development workflows using Git.

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Self-motivated team player with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

• Preferred

• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Experience with cloud-native services, container orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation.

• Formal cloud training and industry-recognized cloud certifications.

• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new technologies and adapt to evolving business and technical requirements.