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LIFE Network · 1 week ago

Backend Engineer — LIFE Network

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid Level

$50/hr - $55/hr

LIFE Enterprises is a high-performance ecosystem of brands focused on unlocking human potential through health, wellness, and education. The Backend Engineer for LIFE Network will own the design, performance, and reliability of the systems that power a fast-moving, data-heavy platform, building and operating backend services that scale and integrate with modern frontend applications.

FitnessHealth CareWellness

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain Java-based backend services supporting high-traffic, user-driven workflows

Build modular, service-oriented backend systems with clear ownership and boundaries

Ensure services are fault-tolerant, horizontally scalable, and observable in production

Design and version RESTful APIs consumed by React / Next.js frontends

Enforce strong API contracts, input validation, and backward compatibility

Optimize APIs for low latency, predictable performance, and scale

Document APIs using Swagger / OpenAPI and support frontend integration workflows

Architect and operate infrastructure on AWS, including compute, networking, and storage services

Use Cloudflare for edge performance, security, and traffic management

Containerize backend services using Docker and manage deployments in a cloud-native environment

Support CI/CD pipelines for reliable, repeatable deployments

Design and optimize SQL and NoSQL databases with attention to indexing, query performance, and data integrity

Implement secure authentication and authorization patterns

Apply encryption, secrets management, and least-privilege access across systems

Proactively identify performance bottlenecks and security vulnerabilities before they reach users

Implement unit, integration, and service-level tests to protect production systems

Monitor system health and performance using AWS CloudWatch and related tooling

Maintain logging, metrics, and tracing to support fast debugging and incident response

Continuously improve system resilience through refactoring and architectural upgrades

Write clean, maintainable, production-grade code aligned with modern engineering standards

Participate in code reviews with a focus on correctness, scalability, and long-term maintainability

Collaborate closely with frontend engineers, product managers, and designers to ship cohesive features

Contribute technical input to roadmap planning and architectural decisions

Qualification

JavaRESTful API designAWSDockerSQL & NoSQL databasesGitCI/CD pipelinesNode.jsPythonGoRubyCloudflareReact / Next.jsInfrastructure as CodeDevOpsSRE exposureCommunication

Required