Software Engineer, Backend Developer

Location-Type: Hybrid (3 days/week onsite, Tuesday–Thursday) – Boulder, CO 80301

Start Date Is: 2 weeks from offer

Duration: 6-month contract-to-hire

Compensation Range: $60/hr – $77/hr

The Software Engineer will serve as a senior technical contributor leading backend and API development efforts for a large-scale data and metadata management platform supporting mission‑critical forecasting and research systems.

• Lead end-to-end backend product and API development initiatives
• Manage and enhance metadata systems supporting large-scale data workflows
• Develop and maintain web backend services and data APIs
• Write and optimize SQL queries and database applications
• Deploy and support applications in cloud environments (primarily AWS)
• Contribute to Unix systems programming and HPC deployments
• Participate in 2-week Agile sprints and CI/CD processes
• Allocate ~50% of time to infrastructure and production support
• Collaborate with internal teams and external agency partners

• 8–12 years of software engineering experience
• Technical lead experience with APIs or full product lifecycle ownership
• Strong backend development experience (C++ and/or Python)
• Web backend and data API development experience
• Database application experience and strong SQL skills
• Unix systems programming experience
• Cloud experience (AWS preferred)
• Data governance experience working with complex datasets
  
  Bachelor's degree (advanced degree preferred)
• Strong communication and problem‑solving skills

• High-Performance Computing (HPC) experience
• Academic or research background
• This role is eligible to enroll in both Mondo's health insurance plan and retirement plan. Mondo defers to the applicable State or local law for paid sick leave eligibility