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# Back End Engineer

- **Company:** THOUGHT MACHINE INC.
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Unit Testing, Client Server Models, Computer Networks, Continuous Delivery, Python (Programming Language), NoSQL, Mesos, Software Engineering, Integration Tests, Kubernetes, Golang, Microservices
- **Published:** June 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/thought-machine-back-end-engineer-oxaa4t7o7l

## About the Role

Essential

 * Professional experience with either Python or Golang
 * Experience incorporating automated testing into the software development process
 * Interest in working on customer-facing initiatives, including requirements gathering, scoping, and defining deliverables

Desirable

 * Exposure to banking, financial services, or fintech environments
 * Experience working with AWS or other cloud platforms
 * Familiarity with relational or NoSQL databases
 * Understanding of client-server architectures, networking concepts, or microservices-based systems
 * Experience with container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes, Mesos, or similar technologies

## Description

Backend Engineering plays a critical role at Thought Machine, with engineers responsible for developing and enhancing the company's Vault platform.

We place a strong emphasis on engineering excellence, leveraging modern development practices including continuous deployment and monorepo-based workflows.

While development moves quickly, engineers are expected to maintain high standards and deliver production-ready solutions that are scalable, reliable, and maintainable.

What you'll be doing

 * Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance microservices following modern engineering best practices
 * Build and maintain automated unit tests, integration tests, and other testing frameworks as part of the development lifecycle
 * Collaborate with other engineering teams to ensure features are delivered in a structured, maintainable, and cohesive manner
 * Manage deployments and troubleshoot issues across environments, from testing through production
 * Translate customer and business requirements into clearly defined and trackable engineering tasks


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