Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. District Cyber is a US-based software development company delivering enterprise software and AI solutions for customers across multiple industries. They are seeking an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable backend services, working on high-performance systems, APIs, databases, and AI integrations while collaborating with their engineering team.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Go
- Build and maintain REST APIs and microservices
- Develop integrations with Python-based services and AI components
- Design and optimize PostgreSQL databases and data models
- Build and maintain search infrastructure using OpenSearch
- Work with graph databases (Neo4j)
- Develop event-driven services using NATS
- Optimize application performance, scalability, reliability, and security
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
- Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, and technical planning
- Collaborate with frontend, AI, DevOps, and QA engineers
Skills
- 5+ years of professional backend development experience
- Strong commercial experience with Go
- Good knowledge of Python
- Experience building REST APIs and microservices
- Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL
- Experience with OpenSearch or Elasticsearch
- Experience with NATS or other message brokers
- Experience with Docker and Git
- Strong understanding of distributed systems and scalable backend architecture
- Experience writing unit and integration tests
- English level B2 or higher
- Ukrainian language proficiency
- Experience with Neo4j or other graph databases
- Experience building AI-enabled or data-intensive applications
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools
Benefits
- Full-time remote position.
- Results-oriented culture with no time tracking.
- Opportunity to work on enterprise-scale AI and SaaS products.
- Competitive compensation.
- Long-term collaboration with a US-based software development company.
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