Software Engineer: Backend

📋 Description

• Design and build backend features and robust REST APIs on the Risk Cloud platform using Java
• Write clean, understandable code and build comprehensive unit and integration tests using JUnit
• Independently diagnose and resolve issues within your owned service area by reading distributed
• Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for a defined portion of the platform (such as core workflow
• Participate productively in Technical Specification reviews, estimate level of effort accurately
• Work operationally with relational databases (PostgreSQL) and advanced platform data stores (Neo4j

🎯 Requirements

• 3–5 years of professional backend, platform, or systems engineering experience within a high-growth
• Strong development experience using Java, Kotlin, or a comparable enterprise JVM language
• Solid experience building, owning, and maintaining production-grade REST APIs, with an emphasis on
• Practical experience working with relational databases (such as PostgreSQL), including writing
• Demonstrated ability to independently debug complex distributed backend services by parsing logs
• Practical experience using AI coding assistants (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, or Claude Code) as

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive salary and variable compensation plans
• Equity options
• Flexible health and wellness benefits
• Generous PTO
• Annual Company Holidays
• Health Days