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# Senior Software Engineer - Backend

- **Company:** Rocket Companies
- **Location:** Detroit, MI, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software Documentation, Software Quality, Databases, Continuous Integration, Programming Tools, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Node.Js, E2e Testing, Software Systems, Systems Integration, TypeScript, Web Applications, Network Routers, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Chatbots, GitHub Copilot, ReactJS, Backend, HR Software, Material UI, React Native, GPT, Web Api
- **Published:** May 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=1582c641ad2f0e90

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Web applications?, * 3+ years of experience developing production-ready web applications

 * Strong understanding of modern JavaScript and TypeScript
 * Extensive experience building web APIs with Node.js
 * Proficiency in SQL databases such as Postgres
 * Experience with test-driven development, including unit and end-to-end testing
 * Excellent communication and collaboration skills
 * Comfort in a fast-paced and cross-functional startup environment
 * Eagerness to learn, grow, and take ownership of your work
 * Experience utilizing AI-powered development tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or similar. You enjoy using AI to boost productivity, improve code quality, or streamline development workflows., * Familiarity with CI/CD tools and workflows
 * Experience integrating generative AI functionality into an application, and/or developing AI chatbots
 * Experience building integrations into sources of people data such as HRIS systems, identity systems, or collaboration systems
 * Experience with Elasticsearch
 * Knowledge of React, React Router, and component libraries like Material UI
 * Experience building mobile apps with React Native

## Description

As a Backend Engineer at Sift, you'll play a critical role in delivering the experiences that help thousands of users navigate and understand their organization. You'll work closely with our product and engineering team to build robust backend systems that provide smart, quick, and innovative experiences to our end users., * Develop and test very complex software solutions with minimal direction

 * Release and validate software, developing new deployment patterns as necessary
 * Lead software support, incident resolution and blameless reviews
 * Develop code modules and patterns useful within the team
 * Conduct exploratory or experimental work to develop prototypes
 * Guide code and design reviews for the team
 * Provide software documentation and demonstration for technical and non-technical audiences
 * Mentor team members on any of the above


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