Backend Engineer, New Grad

Jobright is your personal AI job search agent that transforms the way you do job search from solo, time-consuming efforts to a fast, expert-guided journey, simplifying every job search step and accelerating your route to the best job outcomes. As a Backend Engineer, New Grad, you will help build scalable services, APIs, data systems, and infrastructure that support the next generation of career technology.
Why Join Us
• Build real, production AI agents used by real users
• High ownership and impact
• Work at the intersection of AI, agents, and product
• Shape how people experience AI-driven job search
Responsibilities
• Design and implement backend services and APIs
• Build reliable data models, integrations, and internal tools
• Improve system scalability, performance, and observability
• Write automated tests and maintain high code quality
• Debug production issues and contribute to incident resolution
• Collaborate with frontend, AI, data, and product teams
Qualification
Required
• Recent graduate or graduating soon in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Strong programming skills in Python, Java, Go, TypeScript, or a similar language
• Understanding of databases, APIs, networking, and backend fundamentals
• Familiarity with Git, testing, and software development workflows
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills
• Ability to work remotely
Preferred
• Experience with FastAPI, Django, Node.js, Java Spring, or similar frameworks
• Familiarity with PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, or cloud platforms
• Understanding of distributed systems, queues, or asynchronous processing
• Interest in AI infrastructure and developer tools

Work arrangement
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