Job Description

Title: Software Engineer - Backend

Location: New York, NY

About M Science:

M Science is a data driven research and analytics firm, uncovering new insights for leading financial institutions and corporations. M Science is revolutionizing research, discovering new data sets, and pioneering methodologies to provide actionable intelligence. Our research teams have decades of experience working with massive amounts of unstructured data in near real-time to discern critical insights that help clients make smarter, more informed decisions. We combine the best of finance, data, and technology to create a truly unique value proposition for both financial services firms and major corporations.

Job Overview:

We are seeking a highly skilled Backend Engineer to join our team and play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable and high-performance APIs and microservices. In this role, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to build robust backend systems that power our applications. You will focus on creating well-architected, maintainable, and secure backend services, enabling seamless data flow, business logic execution, and integrations with external services.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop RESTful APIs and microservices using C#/.NET and Python to support business applications
• Architect scalable, secure, and maintainable backend services that integrate with databases, cloud platforms (AWS), and third-party APIs
• Optimize performance and scalability by implementing caching, load balancing, and efficient database queries
• Implement authentication and authorization mechanisms (OAuth2, JWT, API Keys, etc.) to ensure secure access to services
• Develop and maintain databases (SQL & NoSQL – PostgreSQL/DynamoDB) and ensure efficient data modeling, indexing, and query optimization
• Enhance CICD pipelines to automate builds, testing, and deployments to cloud environments.
• Monitor and troubleshoot production issues, ensuring high availability and resilience in backend services
• Implement logging, monitoring, and altering mechanisms to track API performance and identify issues proactively
• Stay updated on best practices in backend development, security, and cloud-native solutions
• Contribute to technical documentation
• Participate in project planning and technical road mapping
• Mentor junior members of the team and within the company
• Collaborate with a team of remote developers effectively (pair programming)

Qualifications:

• 4+ years experience in backend development with a focus on APIs and microservices
• Strong proficiency in C#/.NET Core and Python
• Experience with microservices architecture, including API gateway and service discovery
• Knowledge of SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server) and NoSQL (DynamoDB, MongoDB, Redis)
• Expertise in RESTful API development, OpenAPI/Swagger documentation, and API versioning
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) for deploying scalable services
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) for hosting and managing backend services
• Proficiency in message queues and event-driven architectures
• Understanding of DevOps principles, including CI/CD pipelines, GitHub, and Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform)
• Strong understanding of security best practices, including encryption, authentication, and authorization

Primary Location: New York, NY

Salary Range: $115,000-150,000 USD/Annual

The salary offered will take into consideration an individual’s experience level and qualifications. In addition to salary, M Science offers, for eligible employees, an annual discretionary incentive bonus, competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, disability insurance; and wellness programs. M Science also offers paid time off packages that include planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), paid holidays and paid parental leave.

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