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# Backend Engineer II

- **Company:** Octopus Inc
- **Location:** Houston, TX, United States
- **Salary:** $108,000.0 - $138,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Django Web Framework, Fault Tolerance, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Next.js, TypeScript, Web Application Frameworks, ReactJS, Backend, Graphql, Celery
- **Published:** June 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=8f047f737444995b

## About the Role

Do you have experience in TypeScript?, * We're looking for someone with a general interest in technology and problem-solving; someone diligent and thoughtful. It would be helpful to have experience/expertise in the following (in rough priority order):

 * Python
 * Django (or equiv. web framework)
 * Domain modeling
 * GraphQL
 * Writing robust and fault-tolerant software
 * Celery and async processing
 * Postgres

Plus experience in the following would be a bonus:

 * AWS, or other cloud infrastructure experience
 * React/Next.js with TypeScript



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