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# Junior Backend Developer

- **Company:** The Summit
- **Location:** College Grove, TN, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Software Quality, Databases, Data Integrity, Data Migration, Data Mining, Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements), Programming Tools, Github, MySQL, Netsuite, Node.Js, Cloud Services, SQL Databases, WordPress, GitHub Copilot, Spring-boot, Backend, Vue.js, Amazon Relational Database Service, Stripe, AWS Aurora, Front End Software Development, Functional Programming, Hubspot, Api Gateway, Restful APIs, Elastic Beanstalk, Serverless Computing, Docker, Jenkins
- **Published:** June 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=1ce333814a4941a4

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Writing skills?, 1-3 years of experience writing backend code in a production environment
Actively uses AI tools (Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or similar) as part of your daily workflow, not occasionally, but as a core part of how you work
Can point to specific examples of how AI has made you faster, caught bugs, or helped you tackle something beyond your experience level
Self-driven. You manage your own work, ask good questions, and can learn on the fly
Strong communicator in a remote, async environment
A genuine desire to grow quickly
What We Use
Tools: Jenkins, Docker, GitHub, Claude
Languages: Java, SQL, JavaScript
Frameworks: Springboot, Vue, Serverless
Databases: AWS Aurora (MySQL)
Cloud: AWS (Lambda, EC2, RDS, Elastic Beanstalk, API Gateway)
Bonus: WordPress (data extraction/migration), HubSpot, Recurly, NetSuite
Key Skills
Solid foundation in Java and Springboot; Node.js and JavaScript experience are a plus
Experience developing and consuming REST APIs
Experience writing and maintaining SQL
Some exposure to cloud services or CI/CD pipelines
WordPress familiarity, not for building but for understanding and migrating data
Organized, detail-oriented, and communicates clearly in writing
Fit with Summit company values: Solution & Results Oriented, Team Oriented, Accountable & Reliable, Consumer Focused, Integrity
Nice to have front end skills: Vue, Nuxt.js

## Description

Summit Professional Education (http://summit-education.com) is the national leader in providing high quality exam prep, continuing education, and certifications for personal trainers, rehab therapists (PTs, OTs, SLPs) and behavioral health professionals.
We provide our customers with educational content geared towards strengthening their skills and improving patient outcomes. These courses also provide necessary continuing education credits to maintain professional licenses for these professionals.
Our solutions include over 1000 courses, including online/video, webinar and live-stream options, as well in-person courses conducted throughout the United States each year.
We are a national leader in the industry through the breadth of our formats and content, and overall focus on quality and customer service (4.7 out of 5.0 customer satisfaction with 325,000+ 5 Star Reviews)., We're looking for a hungry junior backend developer who knows how to use AI to work at a level well above their experience. You don't need five years on your resume. You need sharp fundamentals, a working knowledge of modern AI development tools, and the drive to figure things out fast.
This role sits on a small, tight-knit dev team where you'll have real ownership from day one. Senior developers will invest time in your growth, but we're also expecting you to invest in yourself. Stay current on AI tooling, push your own limits, and show up ready to ship.
A key part of this role involves migrating acquired companies off WordPress and onto Summit's platforms, pulling data, mapping content, and working with the team to bring those properties into our ecosystem. You'll also help maintain the APIs that power our course catalog, checkout experience, and user-facing portal., Build and maintain REST APIs supporting Summit's course platform, checkout flow, and user experience
Write and maintain SQL against Aurora RDS, including queries, schema changes, and data integrity work
Migrate acquired company sites off WordPress and into Summit's platform
Support integrations with third-party services including Recurly, NetSuite, Stripe, and HubSpot
Work with AWS services including Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, and API Gateway
Collaborate with frontend developers (Vue/Nuxt) to connect UI to backend services
Use AI coding tools actively and deliberately to increase your output and code quality
Document what you build and what you learn


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