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# Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

- **Company:** Tekmetric LLC
- **Location:** Houston, TX, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Application Performance Management, Software Quality, Spring Framework, Uptime, MySQL, Systems Development Life Cycle, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, ReactJS, Backend
- **Published:** October 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=ad599bf9999e7179

## About the Role

* You have 5+ years software engineering experience
 * You have experience with Java and SQL databases (2+ years)
 * You enjoy working in fast moving and dynamic environments
 * You have high standards and a strong work ethic
 * You have strong product sense and communication skills
 * You have experience working cross-functionally and can work within ambiguity
 * You enjoy bringing innovation and impact to customers

Bonus Points:

 * Experience with React
 * Experience with AWS

## Description

Tekmetric is looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Backend) to take part in the full development lifecycle, from ideation and brainstorming, to implementation and testing. You will build a strong relationship with Product and Design teams and ensure our vision and goals are aligned. You will take abstract problems and interactively distill and build scalable, sustainable, and performant solutions. Our ideal candidate has experience in Java, Spring, and MySQL. Experience with Javascript and React is a plus

You will be responsible for:

 * Design and implement scalable services and applications that enable positive user experiences and measurable business growth
 * Provide implementation estimates and evaluations of different solutions
 * Collaborate with and across agile teams to design, develop, test, and support technical solutions
 * Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards of code quality and thoughtful application design
 * Manage the end-to-end life cycle on the development of new features
 * Provide technical leadership, mentorship and growth to junior team members as we scale