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# Backend Engineer - Data

- **Company:** QuEST Global
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $115,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Bug Tracking Systems, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Warehousing, Relational Databases, Database Queries, Software Debugging, DevOps, JSON, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Swagger, Software Construction, SQL Databases, SQLAlchemy, Web Services, Openapi, Flask (Web Framework), Backend, Git, Fastapi, Pytest, Containerization, Kubernetes, Restful APIs, Docker
- **Published:** May 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=67247b074ad11db1

## About the Role

Do you have experience in SQL?, * Evaluate, maintain and improve existing code base to ensure that it is properly structured and utilize software engineering best practices

 * Troubleshoot, identify, and research reported issues, and have the ability to provide recommendations by comparing advantages and disadvantages of various solutions.
 * 6+ years of experience with designing and developing web services applications.
 * Strong experience with providing and consuming web services / APIs (REST, JSON, OpenAPI/Swagger)
 * Experience with modern Python and frameworks (FastAPI/Flask, SQLAlchemy Core, Pydantic, Httpx, Alembic, Pytest, Ruff, Pyright, or similar)
 * Strong experience with data modeling using relational databases, Writing and optimizing complex queries using SQL (Postgres)
 * Strong experience with Git, Bug tracking, and collaborating with a software team
 * Basic understanding of Containerization and DevOps processes (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, CI/CD)
 * Basic understanding of Data Engineering a plus (ETL, Data warehouses)
 * Strong debugging and diagnostic skills
 * Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
 * Excellent multi-tasking and organizational skills
 * Excellent problem solving and analytical thinking skills
 * Self-directed, analytical, and collaborative with a constant desire to learn, improve, and make things better
 * Experience working with a cross-disciplinary team of PMs, designers and other developers, * Shop floor environment, which may include but not limited to extensive walking, and ability to lift up to 40 lbs.

## Description

* Work closely with product manager to gather requirements to build new modules or improve existing modules., * Set engineering vision and direction for existing and future applications.
 * Stay on top of new technologies and tools and adopt relevant ones to the team.
 * Accountable for meeting assigned project objectives and timelines., * You must be able to commute to and from the location with your own transportation arrangements to meet the required working hours., Backend dev with DE Engineer - preference is backend python dev who has build data pipelines.Experience in building API with fastapi and bonus if they have ever built a MCP server.


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