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# Backend Software Engineer

- **Company:** Skanda Solutions Llc
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $133,057.0 - $160,241.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Python (Programming Language), Ruby on Rails, Ruby, ReactJS, Backend, Terraform, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** August 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=40189f2574d82679

## About the Role

* Ruby or Python (proficiency required; Ruby on Rails a plus)
 * React (for full-stack familiarity)
 * ETL tools: Fivetran, Airbyte, Airflow, DBT (or similar)
 * Job/message processing systems (e.g., queues, background workers)
 * Experience deploying/maintaining infrastructure in production (on-prem and cloud)

Nice-to-Have

 * Terraform
 * Multi-tenant architecture experience
 * Knowledge graphs / data ontologies / enterprise AI applications

Experience

 * 2-8 years backend or backend-leaning full-stack engineering
 * Background in high-volume systems: payments orchestration, data pipelines/ETL, financial transaction platforms, or multi-tenant systems
 * Seed-Series C startup experience preferred (avoid candidates with only Big Tech experience)
 * Has built/owned something 0*1
 * Undergrad in CS



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