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# Staff Backend Engineer in United

- **Company:** Energy Jobline
- **Location:** Carbon, WV, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $165,000.0 - $225,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Cloud Computing, Relational Databases, Software Debugging, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Object-Oriented Software Development, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Enterprise Software Applications, Large Language Models, Generative AI, Backend, Api Design, Serverless Computing
- **Published:** October 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.energyjobline.com/job/staff-backend-engineer-united-31997895

## About the Role

* 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
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 * Strong backend engineering background.
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 * Meaningful experience building external-facing APIs.
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 * Experience designing and maintaining integrations with third-party systems.
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 * Strong fundamentals in system design, debugging, and problem-solving.
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 * Production experience with Python is , though strong candidates from other object-oriented backgrounds can be considered.
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 * Experience with serverless technologies, asynchronous workflows, and cloud infrastructure.
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 * Comfortable working with relational databases and optimizing queries.
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 * Strong understanding of backend reliability, scalability, and performance.
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 * Able to independently own projects and drive them to completion with limited oversight.
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 * Strong communicator who proactively surfaces blockers and keeps stakeholders informed.
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 * Comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment with experimentation and changing requirements.
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 * Experience with PostgreSQL.
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 * Experience building integrations for B2B or enterprise software.
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 * Familiarity with distributed systems.
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 * Experience with LLMs or generative AI.
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 * Background in infrastructure-heavy or API-first software., * Experience supporting customer-facing production systems where reliability and correctness are important.

## Description

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