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# Backend Engineer

- **Company:** Exiger LLC
- **Location:** Richmond, VA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Apache ActiveMQ, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Big Data, Software as a Service, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, PostgreSQL, Octopus Deploy, Systems Development Life Cycle, Redis, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Web Application Frameworks, Enterprise Software Applications, ReactJS, Grafana, Spring-boot, Backend, Agentic-AI, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Front End Software Development, Api Design, Terraform, Golang, Microservices
- **Published:** November 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/backend-engineer-richmond-va--fdf85564-b984-4629-8327-75fb396debf2

## About the Role

Risk Management, Industrial Organization, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automation, Government, Supply Chain, Fortune 500 Customers, Purchasing/Procurement, Risk, Customer Support/Service, * 6+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with significant experience designing, building, and operating complex backend systems or data-intensive applications

 * Demonstrated experience as a technical lead or senior engineer responsible for the architecture, technical direction, and health of a scaled enterprise application with mission-critical customer impact
 * Strong system design instincts and the ability to reason across application, data, infrastructure, reliability, and operational concerns
 * Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures, Kubernetes, and IAC
 * Experience with mission-critical, API-first SaaS systems, balancing short-term delivery with long-term architectural vision
 * Passion for data, analytics, and using technology to uncover meaningful insights
 * Experience working at a rapidly-evolving, PE-backed, growth startup
 * Bonus points for experience operating in an air-gapped FedRAMP or DoD I/L environment

Our tech stack:

 * Core Platform: Java / Spring Boot, GoLang
 * Data: Postgres
 * Frontend: TypeScript / React
 * Messaging: ActiveMQ, Kafka, Redis
 * Infrastructure: Kubernetes via Helm and Argo CD; AWS via Terraform
 * Observability: ELK, Grafana

## Description

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll drive the technical direction of our products, build reliable, scalable web applications and services that power our SaaS platform, operate and maintain the system, and mentor other engineers on the team. You will play a key role in engineering the scalability, reliability, quality, performance, and maintainability of our systems., * Own the technical vision and architecture for production applications, establishing a clear architectural direction that supports the product's current needs and long-term growth

 * Serve as the most senior technical authority on the team, providing leadership across backend, frontend, data, infrastructure, and system design
 * Effectively utilize AI and manage AI agents to drive delivery across all stages of the SDLC, including design, development, testing, CI/CD, operations at speed and scale
 * Deliver features across multiple services and systems, ensuring scalable, secure, and high-quality releases
 * Oversee architecture and design decisions, helping the team make tradeoffs between performance, scalability, and time-to-market
 * Ensure reliability and observability across our microservices ecosystem, including production monitoring, alerting, and recovery
 * Ensure operational excellence, managing the CI/CD lifecycle, testing, deployments, and cost optimizations
 * Support Engineering Managers and Product Managers for team work prioritization, execution, and delivery