Cloud Back End Engineer at SLB, Houston
Cloud Back End Engineer at SLB in Houston. Contract. Est. up to $200k. Apply with swipeandhired.
Location
Houston Digital Technology Center (HDTC), Houston, TX, USA
Mission
We are seeking a Cloud Back-End Engineer to join our group. In this role, you will bridge the gap between application development and cloud infrastructure. You will be responsible for building high-performance, cloud-native services that leverage distributed computing patterns to serve our enterprise customers globally.
The ideal candidate has a deep background in back-end engineering but views the cloud as a programmable environment, ensuring that our services are "born in the cloud" with high resiliency, elasticity, and security baked into the architecture.
Relationships
Reports to Software Project Manager, Software Program Manager, Engineering manager or Team Leader
Responsibilities and Duties
- Cloud-Native Development: Design and implement microservices utilizing cloud-native patterns (Serverless, Containerized Microservices, Event-Driven Architectures).
- Distributed Systems & Scalability: Architect back-end systems that scale horizontally across multiple availability zones and regions, ensuring low latency and high 9s of availability.
- Storage & Data Strategy: Optimize the use of cloud-native data stores and implement caching strategies to handle enterprise-level throughput.
- Cloud Security & Compliance: Adhere to and build with best-in-class security practices
- Scalable API Design and implementation: Build resilient APIs
- Cost & Performance Optimization: Monitor and optimize cloud resource consumption (FinOps) to ensure back-end services are cost-effective without sacrificing performance.
Primary Technologies (at-least 1 in each category):
Programming Languages
C#
Frameworks
.NET
API Development
REST, GraphQL
Database Integration
MongoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL, MySQL
Authentication & Authorization
OAuth2, JWT, SSO, LDAP
Caching & Performance
Redis, Memcached, asynchronous processing
Cloud Platforms
Azure, GCP, AWS
Secondary Technologies
Containers & Orchestration
Docker, Kubernetes
Monitoring & Logging
Application Insights, Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic Search Cloud
CI/CD Pipelines
Azure DevOps
Build & Release Automation
MSBuild, Shell scripts
Infrastructure Automation
Terraform, Ansible, Bash scripting
Message Broker
RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus
Serverless Compute
Azure Functions
AI Coding assistants
Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelors in computer science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Applied Statistics, Information Technology or Engineer with focus on software
- Have a good understanding of latest technological trends back-end development for Cloud applications
Behavior:
- Interpersonal communication.
- Oral and written communication.
- Team players are respected by peers.
- Leadership in applying and mentoring best practices.
- Learn quickly in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent time-management, multi-tasking, and communication skills. Capable of juggling multiple projects and related complexities at the same time.
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