Backend Developer

We are looking for a talented and entrepreneurial Backend Developer to join our growing technology team. This is an opportunity to work closely with a small, collaborative team and have a meaningful impact on the development of our platform. The ideal candidate has strong programming and problem-solving skills, understands API development and database architecture, and is comfortable working in a collaborative, fast-moving technology environment. This individual will work closely with frontend developers, mobile engineers, data analysts, and product stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, and high-quality software. This role is well suited for a developer who wants to build, contribute, and grow with an early-stage technology company. This is an equity-only role, ideal for someone who thrives in fast-moving, high-growth environments, * Design, develop, and maintain backend applications, services, and APIs that support Digital Factory’s technology platform.

• Build scalable data-processing services for location-based interactions, user engagement, and analytics.
• Develop and integrate RESTful APIs and services supporting web applications, mobile applications, and third-party systems.
• Design, optimize, and maintain relational and/or NoSQL databases.
• Implement data validation, business logic, authentication, authorization, and appropriate security controls.
• Improve application performance, scalability, reliability, and system availability.
• Collaborate with frontend and mobile developers to ensure seamless integration between client-side applications and backend services.
• Support real-time data collection, processing, reporting, and analytics functionality.
• Write clean, maintainable, well-documented code and develop automated tests.
• Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions, debugging, and troubleshooting.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, monitoring, and production support.
• Identify opportunities to improve architecture, development practices, and overall system efficiency.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of professional backend development experience.
• Proficiency in at least one backend programming language, such as Python, Java, JavaScript/Node.js, Go, or Ruby.
• Experience designing and developing APIs and backend services.
• Working knowledge of SQL databases, such as PostgreSQL or MySQL, and/or NoSQL databases.
• Understanding of software architecture, object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, and common design patterns.
• Experience with Git and collaborative software development workflows.
• Familiarity with automated testing, debugging, and software quality practices.
• Understanding of web application security, authentication, and authorization.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with a distributed engineering team.
• Experience building scalable APIs, cloud-based services, data-intensive applications, or location-based technology solutions.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Microsoft Azure.
• Familiarity with Docker, containerization, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with event-driven architecture, message queues, asynchronous processing, or distributed systems.
• Exposure to geospatial data, mapping APIs, geofencing, location intelligence, or geographic information systems (GIS).
• Experience supporting data analytics, event tracking, reporting, or high-volume data processing.
• Familiarity with mobile application integrations and third-party APIs.
• Experience monitoring production systems and optimizing application performance.

This is an equity-only, fractional opportunity. There is no salary or hourly compensation at this time.