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# W2 - Backend Engineer || Chicago, IL

- **Company:** Cliff Services Inc
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $87,000.0 - $107,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** PHP (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Elasticsearch, Github, MySQL, Redis, State Machines, Backend, Kubernetes, Graphql, Api Design, Atlassian Bamboo, Docker
- **Published:** August 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/usebc23adfa162555cc5ebbd9a9dad62f5

## About the Role

* 8+ years backend engineering exp
 * PHP/Spryker Cloud Commerce OS
 * REST/GraphQL API Design
 * Middlware/iPaaS integration
 * Spryker state machines
 * ostgresSQL/MySQL
 * Redis, Elasticsearch
 * CI/CD (Azure Pipelines/GitHub Actions), Docker, Kubernetes



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