Senior Backend Engineer, Platform Services
Arlington, VA — Hybrid · Full-time
$160,000–$225,000 + bonus + stock options
Build the secure platform foundation that AI applications run on
BluJuniper is an AI and optimization company building advanced software for complex operational environments.
Our engineers work on systems that bring together real-time communications, computer vision, audio intelligence, natural language processing, navigation, geospatial data, optimization, and secure cloud infrastructure.
We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer who wants to build the platform services everything else depends on: identity, rules, auditability, data exchange, and onboarding.
You will work in Go and design the foundations that make our computer vision and NLP applications trustworthy and secure.
What You’ll Build
You may work on platform services that:
- Drive rules-based workflows that respond to live operational data.
- Provide complete auditability of who did what, and when.
- Control secure data exchange between organizations and systems.
- Handle authentication, authorization, and customer onboarding.
- Power event-driven systems backed by Kafka.
The Role
You will design data models, APIs, and service boundaries for core platform capabilities and ensure they are secure, observable, and dependable.
Your work will be used by every product team, so clarity, reliability, and thoughtful design matter.
Responsibilities
- Build platform services in Go.
- Design rules-driven workflow engines and audit systems.
- Develop data models and persistence strategies for platform data.
- Implement authentication, authorization, and RBAC.
- Build customer onboarding and controlled data-exchange services.
- Build Kafka-backed event-driven integrations.
- Participate in architecture reviews and code reviews.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of professional backend engineering experience.
- Strong production experience with Go.
- Experience with relational data modeling and schema design.
- Experience building authentication and authorization systems.
- Experience with distributed systems and APIs.
- Legally authorized to work in the United States.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Apache Kafka and event-driven systems.
- Experience building rules engines or workflow systems.
- Experience with audit logging, encryption, and secrets management.
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD.
- Experience in regulated, government, or high-security environments.
Why This Role Is Different
You will define the foundation of the platform. Good decisions here ripple through every product we build, and you will have the ownership to make them.
What Success Looks Like
Success means platform services that other teams trust completely: secure by default, easy to integrate with, fully auditable, and reliable under load.
Compensation
The base salary range for this position is $160,000–$225,000 per year, depending on experience, qualifications, and other relevant factors.
Eligible employees may also receive performance bonuses and stock options in addition to base salary.
Location
This is a hybrid role based in Arlington, VA.
Benefits
Eligible employees receive:
- Health, dental, and vision coverage.
- Performance bonus opportunities.
- Stock options.
- Flexible work environment.
- Significant technical ownership.
- Direct influence over product and architecture decisions.
- Opportunities to work across AI/ML, distributed systems, computer vision, audio, NLP, navigation, optimization, and real-time infrastructure.
- A collaborative engineering environment with direct visibility into company and product strategy.
Work Authorization and Clearance Eligibility
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States. An active U.S. government security clearance is not required for this role, but candidates who currently hold or have previously held a clearance are encouraged to note it in their application.
Certain customer, contractual, or regulatory requirements may require additional eligibility verification.
Equal Opportunity Employer
BluJuniper is an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.
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