Quantum

At Quantum, we understand how to help you capture, manage, and store your unstructured data and video.

Senior Engineer, Backend – Cloud & API Development

Backend EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 501-1,000H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

New Jersey

Posted

38 days ago

Salary

Not specified

Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglishKafkaNo SQLPythonRabbit MQSQLGo

Job Description

• Design, build, and maintain high-performance RESTful APIs using Golang and Python to support a broad ecosystem. • Architect asynchronous, event-driven workflows using RabbitMQ (or similar message brokers) to decouple job scheduling, hardware execution, and result processing. • Optimize service-to-service communication to ensure low latency and high reliability across a distributed stack. • Monitor system health and implement distributed tracing to debug complex microservice interactions. • Implement industry-standard security best practices for API authentication and authorization (OAuth2, OIDC, mTLS). • Work within existing deployment and testing patterns to add new services to CI/CD.

Job Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience.
  • Expert proficiency in Golang and Python for production services.
  • Strong background in message queuing systems (RabbitMQ, Kafka, or NATS) and event-driven architecture patterns.
  • Proven track record of implementing API security best practices, including OAuth2, JWT, and protection against OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities (Injection, Broken Auth).
  • Experience designing scalable database schemas (SQL, NoSQL) and managing databases with indexing and TTL.

Benefits

  • Professional development opportunities

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