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# Remote

- **Company:** HORIZON 3, LLC
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $230,000.0 - $270,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Computing Platforms, Audit Trail, Computer Engineering, Data Integrity, Relational Databases, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Role-Based Access Control, Standard Sql, SQL Databases, TypeScript, Backend, Containerization, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Graphql, Api Design, Docker, Golang
- **Published:** October 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.builtincolorado.com/job/staff-software-engineer-backend-mssp/11996779?handler=ApplyRedirect

## About the Role

* Ability to lead broad technical initiatives, establish direction, and build alignment across teams.
 * Strong judgment around tenant isolation, security, data integrity, reliability, and customer impact.
 * Clear communication and technical writing, including the ability to explain architecture and tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical partners.
 * A mentoring mindset and commitment to raising engineering practices across the organization.
 * Hands-on ownership of production services, including operational follow-through and continuous improvement., * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
 * 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including deep experience with backend systems and APIs.
 * Track record of leading architecture or technical direction for production multi-tenant, platform, or distributed systems.
 * Strong understanding of data modeling, service reliability, and security boundaries in customer-facing systems.
 * Ability to influence decisions across teams, mentor engineers, and communicate technical tradeoffs clearly.
 * Experience building and operating cloud-hosted services and taking ownership of production outcomes.

Required Tech Stack Experience

 * Deep experience building backend services in a modern language such as Python, Go, Java, or TypeScript.
 * Strong SQL and relational data modeling, API design, and production service-operating experience.
 * Experience with cloud-hosted systems and containerized applications such as Docker; familiarity with Kubernetes or a comparable orchestrator.
 * Experience with every example technology is not required; depth in relevant areas and the ability to guide sound technical decisions are important.

Work Authorization & Security Clearance Requirements

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Only US persons can interview for this role due to security clearance requirements by our customer(s) and/or vendor(s). Employee must be eligible for and successfully secure a US Federal Security Clearance as a condition of employment.

What Sets You Apart?

 * Deep experience with MSP/MSSP, reseller, white-label, or partner software platforms.
 * Experience with delegated administration, parent/sub-client account models, tenant isolation, RBAC, and audit logs.
 * Strong proficiency in Python or Go, SQL/PostgreSQL, AWS, GraphQL, Docker, and Kubernetes.
 * Background in cybersecurity or third-party risk management, licensing, entitlements, or compliance-adjacent capabilities.

## Description

* Set technical direction for partner and multi-tenant platform services, including account hierarchies, tenant isolation, delegated administration, and partner workflows.
 * Lead architecture and implementation of complex capabilities for client and sub-client management, asset allocation or deprecation, and partner administration.
 * Define patterns for secure data boundaries, API design, reliability, observability, and operational readiness.
 * Remain hands-on in complex technical work and help teams make decisions when requirements or tradeoffs are ambiguous.
 * Partner with Product, customer-facing teams, and adjacent engineering groups to align platform capabilities with partner needs.
 * Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, pairing, and technical documentation.
 * Own complex production issues and drive improvements that strengthen service reliability and prevent recurrence.