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# Senior Software Engineer - Backend

- **Company:** Sigma Inc.
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $170,000.0 - $240,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Databases, Continuous Delivery, Distributed Systems, Cloud Services, Web Application Security, SQL Databases, Web Applications, Google Cloud, Backend, Api Design
- **Published:** May 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=79ebf07651aa1a58

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Web applications?, * 2+ years industry experience building and maintaining high-quality software

 * Experience building and deploying robust and secure web applications in a continuous deployment environment
 * Desire to be a great teammate and have fun at work without compromising ownership towards your work
 * Strong sense of craftsmanship, and a healthy academic curiosity to solve challenges at sigma
 * Strong Computer Science fundamentals

Qualifications We Want (also, skills you'll learn!)

 * Data driven aptitude and its application to solve distributed system problems
 * Data model design, and API development experience
 * SQL query optimization and database internals
 * Administered cloud service infrastructure (GCP, AWS, Azure)
 * Prior experience working at high growth company solving technical problems to enable continued success



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