Backend Developer

Public Policy Institute is the kind of place where a junior's question can change the technology roadmap, and we want a Backend Developer who asks them. This junior opening gives you $69,000 - $103,000, hands-on ownership, and the mentorship to keep growing in technology. Key Responsibilities Profile Spring Boot memory use and chase down the leaks crashing Fontana nodes Map data flow across Public Policy Institute's Git services and spot the leaks Keep the technology Cultural Awareness service humming through Fontana's holiday traffic surge Shave milliseconds off the technology hot path that Public Policy Institute users feel every click Own a technology service end to end, from Unit Testing schema to on-call rotation Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with Spring Boot Bridge Git and MongoDB so the two halves of Public Policy Institute's platform finally talk What You'll Bring The kind of curiosity that reads the docs before asking A history of leaving technology processes better than you found them 1+ years of Node.js reps, not just Node.js exposure The reliability that lets a manager stop checking in Comfortable presenting ideas to stakeholders at every level A design-led attitude and eagerness to learn new skills Track record that proves you can deeply-bought-in ship under deadline pressure Quietly, from Fontana, Public Policy Institute has become the scrappy-but-steady technology partner that CA's most demanding teams refuse to replace. Kindness and high standards live together comfortably on this gloriously-unglamorous Fontana team. We reward performance-driven contributors with $69,000 - $103,000, flexible hours, wellness perks, and meaningful career development support. #J-18808-Ljbffr