Senior Backend Engineer

GovCIO

Remote regions

US

Salary range

$140,000–$160,000/yr

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Core Responsibilities:

  • Design, implement, and maintain backend services in a modern TypeScript/Node.js ecosystem.
  • Build and evolve event-driven pipelines, task orchestration, and asynchronous workflows.
  • Own relational data modeling and migrations using PostgreSQL and ORM-based schema management.

Senior-Level Expectations:

  • Independently scope, design, and deliver complex backend features with minimal supervision.
  • Make principled architectural decisions and clearly articulate tradeoffs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Anticipate failure modes and design systems that degrade gracefully.

Qualifications:

  • 10+ years of Backend engineering experience in production systems.
  • Strong experience with relational databases and transactional data modeling.
  • Proven track record designing event-driven or workflow-oriented systems.

GovCIO

GovCIO is passionate about transforming government IT, making a positive impact by delivering innovative IT services and solutions that improve how government agencies operate and serve citizens. They are building a workforce that fuels this mission with a culture investing in people.

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