Backend Software Developer

Backend Software Developer Job in Milwaukee, WI:

Pay rate range: $40-55.00 per hour

Please no 3rd party or c2c candidates

Are you ready to advance your career with a lucrative opportunity at the forefront of technology? As a key player in developing intelligent, high-performance backend services, you'll gain invaluable experience and contribute to cutting-edge digital products and automation platforms.

About the Role

Our client is focused on developing intelligent, high-performance backend services that drive the next generation of their digital products. In this role, you will design, build, and maintain the backend services, APIs, and data pipelines behind mission-critical applications serving a global customer base.

The team operates in a modern agile environment leveraging cloud services, CI/CD practices, and industry-standard tooling.

What You'll Be Doing

• Designing, developing, and maintaining backend services, APIs, and microservices
• Writing clean, reusable, and scalable code aligned with engineering best practices
• Profiling, monitoring, and tuning application performance across services and data layers
• Diagnosing production issues, conducting root cause analysis, and deploying fixes with minimal disruption
• Contributing to architectural discussions, system design, and technical decision-making
• Participating in code reviews to uphold consistency and quality standards
• Building unit, integration, and automated tests to ensure system reliability
• Keeping current with emerging backend technologies and industry trends

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages, particularly C#, with some exposure to Node.js
• Solid grasp of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design principles
• Experience building RESTful APIs, microservices, or distributed systems
• Wix, WPF, and WinForms experience is a strong plus
• Familiarity with SQL and/or NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or DynamoDB
• Proficiency with Git/GitHub or similar version control systems
• Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving abilities
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum development teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud platforms, particularly Azure
• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, or container-based architectures
• Familiarity with event-driven systems or messaging technologies
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins)
• Understanding of authentication and authorization frameworks such as OAuth and JWT

Soft Skills

• Self-motivated and proactive with a genuine interest in learning new technologies
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment

For more information or to be considered for the Backend Software Developer Job in Milwaukee, WI please contact Thomas McCarthy at

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