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# Backend Engineer

- **Company:** The Shields Corp
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Data Transmissions, Information Engineering, Message Broker, Backend
- **Published:** September 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.shieldfc.com/about-us/careers/senior-backend-engineer/1A.275/

## About the Role

* 4+ years of backend engineering experience
 * At least 1 year with Java; additional years in any backend language (Go, Python, C#, TypeScript, etc.)
 * Hands-on experience with data stores (e.g. MySQL/PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis)
 * Familiarity with event-driven architecture and at least one message broker
 * Cloud experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
 * You use AI tools daily - and if you've built AI agents, even better
 * Data engineering background is a plus, but not required

Who you are

 * Collaborative, communicative, and ownership-driven
 * Curious and self-directed - you push to understand the why, not just the what
 * A self-learner who takes initiative, owns their work end-to-end, and brings a can-do attitude

## Description

You'll join a small, high-ownership backend team building the systems that power Shield's core platform, working mainly on data pipelines with a focus on the quality and structure of the data itself. We believe great engineers come from all backgrounds, and we actively work to build a team where everyone belongs and thrives.

What you'll do

 * Design and implement new flows and services
 * Maintain, improve, and extend existing backend services and APIs
 * Work with multiple data stores - relational, NoSQL, search (Elasticsearch, etc.)
 * Maintain and build event-driven pipelines using message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar)
 * Collaborate with product and architecture on scalable, resilient system design
 * Integrate and leverage AI tools in your daily workflow - and ideally, build them


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