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# Senior Backend Engineer/Infrastructure

- **Company:** Perfect Venue
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Query Performance, .NET Framework, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Application Configuration Access Protocols, Application Performance Management, Automation of Tests, Spreadsheets, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Code Review, Relational Databases, Database Queries, Software Debugging, Django Web Framework, Laravel, PostgreSQL, Node.Js, Ruby on Rails, Standard Sql, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, TypeScript, Web Applications, Web Application Frameworks, Cloud Platform System, ReactJS, Software Security, Backend, Integration Frameworks, Graphql, Front End Software Development, Terraform
- **Published:** November 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-backend-engineer-infrastructure-san-francisco-ca--957d7ac3-42a9-4ef2-b10b-325b2e4d02a8

## About the Role

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Spreadsheets, Event Management, Restaurant, Cloud Computing, Application Programming Interface (API), Software Engineering, System Operations, Data Modeling, Product Development, * Experience independently delivering and maintaining backend features in a production web application.

 * Strong proficiency in a backend language and web framework, such as Rails, Django, Laravel, Node.js, .NET, or a comparable stack.
 * Strong relational database and SQL skills, including data modeling, query performance, and transactions.
 * Experience designing APIs and handling asynchronous processing, integration failures, and retries.
 * Hands-on experience deploying, troubleshooting, and operating applications on AWS or another major cloud platform, including working with permissions, networking, and application configuration.
 * Experience reviewing and changing infrastructure as code using Terraform or a comparable tool.
 * A practical approach to automated testing, safe releases, production debugging, and communicating technical tradeoffs.
 * Experience helping other engineers through feedback, technical guidance, or mentoring.

Helpful experience

 * Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL.
 * AWS and Terraform specifically.
 * GraphQL, third-party integrations, and SaaS business workflows.
 * Backup and recovery practices, observability, and application security.
 * Enough frontend experience to collaborate comfortably in a React/TypeScript application.

## Description

We're looking for a senior backend engineer who enjoys building useful product features and operating the systems behind them. You'll work on our application, APIs, data models, integrations, and background jobs, while sharing responsibility for our cloud infrastructure with our engineering lead.

Application development is the primary focus of this role. You'll also bring practical experience keeping production services reliable, reviewing infrastructure changes, and investigating issues across application and cloud boundaries.

What you'll do

 * Deliver customer-facing features from product discussion through release and iteration.
 * Own backend features from technical design through implementation, testing, release, and maintenance.
 * Build reliable APIs, integrations, and background processing for customer workflows.
 * Improve database queries, application performance, and failure handling as the product grows.
 * Work with our engineering lead to maintain AWS infrastructure and review Terraform changes.
 * Investigate production incidents, improve monitoring and recovery procedures, and document what the team needs to operate services confidently.
 * Collaborate with product and frontend engineers on practical solutions, and support teammates through code reviews and mentoring.