Backend Software Engineer

Job Title: Backend Software Developer (Contract to Hire) - Job#5437

Location: Fully Remote- Office located in Manhattan, NY


Overview

We are seeking an experienced Backend Software Developer to join a cutting-edge team focused on water conservation and sustainability solutions. This role involves developing innovative products that address global water challenges through IoT and cloud-based technologies. The ideal candidate has a strong background in backend infrastructure, DevOps automation, and infrastructure as code (IaC) to support scalable, fault-tolerant, and high-performance applications.

Responsibilities:

• Code Development : Write, test, and deploy high-quality, scalable backend code.

• Infrastructure & DevOp s: Enhance and maintain backend infrastructure, supporting DevOps practices to ensure fault-tolerant, secure, and scalable services. Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) is required .

• Data Pipelines: Optimize and expand data processing algorithms for high-performance product functionality.

• Product Collaboration : Work closely with product stakeholders, actively contributing to Agile development cycles.

• CI/CD Pipelines : Expand CI/CD processes, integrating unit and integration testing for seamless deployments.

• Quality Assurance: Collaborate with the QA team to maintain high coding standards throughout the release lifecycle.

Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience in backend development, architecture, and design.
• Deep experience with DevOps & Infrastructure: Terraform (or other IaC tools), automated deployments, monitoring, and site reliability engineering.
• 5+ years of experience with web frameworks and platform engineering in production.

• Strong understanding of mobile backend integration, data pipelines, and time-series data processing.

• Experience in unit testing, integration testing, and agile methodologies.

• Proven track record of deploying software in cloud environments.

• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

Technical Skills

• Proficiency with PostgreSQL, GraphQL, REST APIs.
• Proficiency in Elixir is required
• Experience with backend languages such as Java, Go, Python, C/C++.

• Hands-on experience with IoT technologies (MQTT, etc.).

• Background in data analytics, ML, and distributed systems is a plus.
• Additional experience in firmware development or electronics prototyping is a plus.
• Strong interest and demonstrated experience in DevOps / Infrastructure
• Demonstrated experience in administrating and optimizing databases
• Proficient in functional level programming (Elixir, Erlang, Clojure, Rust)
• Experience in data pipelines
• Good critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Good communication skills
• Demonstrated to be a self-starter
• Pluses
• Data Science / Algorithm experience
• Full stack development

About Delphi-US

Delphi-US is a national recruiting firm based in Newport, Rhode Island. We specialize in IT, Engineering and Professional Staffing services for organizations from Main Street to Wall Street. Our mission is simple: To connect great people to great companies. We accomplish this with a proprietary skill-based and cultural matching process that results in higher qualified submissions along with increased interviews and offer rates. You'll find our team is friendly, professional and ready to advocate on your behalf, armed with industry trends, an understanding of employer expectations.