Senior Backend Engineer at pansophiclearningpansophiclearning · Tysons Corner, VA

Workplace: On-site

Posted: 2026-11-11

Skills: TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, SQL, MongoDB, AWS, Docker, CI/CDThe Senior Backend Engineer designs, builds, and maintains scalable, secure, and reliable backend systems and services that power learning solutions for Pansophic Learning. This role owns the technical design and delivery of backend services, APIs, and integrations, with a focus on performance, scalability, maintainability, and operational excellence. The Senior Backend Engineer provides technical guidance, contributes to architecture decisions, and drives continuous improvements in engineering practices. This role reports directly to the Software Development Manager and works closely with Software Engineers, QA/Test Engineers, product teams, and other cross-functional partners. The ideal candidate is proactive, collaborative, and comfortable mentoring engineers, leading technical discussions, and balancing near-term delivery with long-term system quality. This position will work 4 days per week in office in Tysons Corner, VA. Responsibilities: Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available backend services and APIs for K-12 learning environments Build and manage RESTful APIs using Node.js and Express Design and optimize relational and NoSQL data models, database queries, and indexing strategies Develop and maintain backend systems on Amazon Web Services (AWS), applying cloud architecture and security best practices Improve system performance, scalability, reliability, fault tolerance, and observability Apply code quality standards, peer code reviews, Git version control, and automated testing practices Troubleshoot production issues using logs, metrics, and monitoring, and implementing durable fixes Collaborate with front-end developers, QA engineers, and product teams to deliver end-to-end solutions Lead technical design discussions, contribute to architecture decisions, and address technical debt Improve deployment automation, infrastructure as code, and CI/CD workflows; mentor junior and mid-level engineers Core Competencies: 5+ years of ha…Sign in to see the original postingBrowse more developer jobs on RoleBurst