Software Engineer I - Back-End (U.S.)
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Overview
Job Description
About Us
We’re a global team with a mission to enable professional research online. Headquartered in the United States, Irvine, California. IntelliSurvey has spent over two decades building powerful survey and reporting tools used by a wide range of companies. Our platform simplifies complex research challenges, and we continue to innovate and evolve our software with a focus on performance, usability, and flexibility.
We are seeking a Back-End Software Engineer I to help design, develop, and enhance industry-leading survey software used to collect data through online and mobile platforms. In this role, you will build scalable back-end systems and services that support high-performance applications and reliable data collection. The ideal candidate enjoys solving complex technical challenges, writing clean and maintainable code, and collaborating with a team to deliver efficient, user-friendly software solutions.
If you're passionate about writing clean, maintainable code and contributing to a collaborative engineering culture, we’d love to hear from you.Salary Range - $75,000 to $100,000 plus bonus
What You'll Do
- Develop and maintain back-end components and services used by IntelliSurvey's platform
- Write clean, efficient, and well documented code using object-oriented Perl (with Moose)
- Work with PostgreSQL database
- Collaborate with front-end engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices
- Troubleshoot and resolve production issues and assist with Tier 2 escalations
- Contribute to automated testing and CI/CD pipelines
- Use Git and Atlassian tools (JIRA, Crucible, Fisheye) for development workflows
- Work in Linux-based environments
- Continuously improve system performance and scalability
What We're Looking For
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent exp.
- 2-4 years of professional software development experience
- Experience with backend languages such as Perl (preferred) or Python (2 plus years)
- Willingness to learn and work with Modern Perl
- Experience with navigating and managing Linux systems using the command line
- Interest in learning Rust
- Experience with automated testing and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases
- Experience working in Linux environments
- Familiarity with Git and Agile tools such as JIRA
- Understanding of object-oriented programming and scalable software architecture
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills, self-starter
- Ability to work effectively in a distributed team
Why You'll Love Working Here
- 100 percent Remote or Hybrid if local to Irvine, CA. We also bring the team together once or twice a year for in-person meet-ups. Generous time off: 6 weeks per year, 3 weeks of PTO, 8 Company holidays and 6 floating holidays. Comprehensive Health Benefits 401(K) with Company Match Flexible hours Career growth opportunitesCollaborative and Supportive engineering cultureEqual Opportunity Employer
All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
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