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# Sr. Backend/API Engineer

- **Company:** Insight Global
- **Location:** Hollywood, FL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $124,800.0 - $135,200.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Application Performance Management, Databases, Amazon DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Node.Js, Performance Tuning, Software Maintenance, State Machines, Database Performance, AWS Lambda, Backend, Apache Kafka, Front End Software Development, Api Gateway
- **Published:** October 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3472098204&tx=VT6358TYV&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Strong backend engineering experience with a focus on enterprise-level APIs
 * Strong Node.js
 * Hands-on AWS Lambda development
 * API Gateway
 * AWS Step Functions
 * RDS / PostgreSQL
 + S3
 * Kafka
 * DynamoDB
 * Experience designing and building scalable backend services
 * Strong understanding of the database layer, including performance optimization
 * Experience with observability, application maintenance, and production ownership
 * Ability to go beyond surface-level technical knowledge and explain architecture/design decisions in depth
 * Experience delivering high-quality, maintainable applications
 * Front-end development experience
 * Experience integrating Kafka with DynamoDB
 * Previous experience building shared services or customer-domain platforms used across multiple applications

## Description

Insight Global is seeking a Backend/API Developer for a top enterprise client. This candidate will join a cross-functional development team building a centralized customer domain and shared services that support applications across the organization. The primary focus will be designing and developing highly scalable, enterprise-level APIs using Node.js, AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, and PostgreSQL/RDS. The ideal candidate brings deep backend expertise, understands database performance and observability, and can take true ownership of application quality and maintainability. Experience with Kafka, DynamoDB, S3, and front-end development will be valuable as the platform continues to evolve. Day-to-Day: * Build enterprise-level APIs for a centralized customer domain * Develop shared backend services that provide customer-specific information to front-end applications across the enterprise * Design and develop APIs using Node.js, AWS Lambda, and API Gateway * Build scalable,
reliable backend services rather than application-specific BFFs * Work with Step Functions, PostgreSQL/RDS, S3, and potentially Kafka/DynamoDB * Optimize database and application performance * Improve application observability, maintainability, and reliability * Own development quality from design through ongoing application support * Collaborate with a team of 3 developers, 1 QA, 1 Product Owner, and 1 Analyst * Contribute to front-end work as needed, while maintaining a primary backend focus