Senior Back End Developer

What We'll Bring to the Table:• Friendly, dynamic work environment – Includes certification as a Great Place to Work® (three years in a row!) along with Climate Neutral Status• Competitive salary including merit-based bonus plan• Flexible Work Program• Clear opportunities for career progression• Company-funded professional educational program• Visible management commitment to our company core values of: Diversity & Inclusion, Environmental, Community and Employee Wellbeing, Excellent Work Product, Innovation, Integrity and Superior Customer Experience• Generous benefits including:     • Medical, dental, and vision insurance     • Company-paid life insurance     • 401K with matching Company contributions     • PTO     • Community Support Program including VTO and donations with Company match     • Employee Recognition Program

Objectives of this Role:

• Collaborating with product and architecture teams to design and implement scalable, cloud-native backend solutions
• Defining and promoting best practices in backend service development, architecture, and deployment
• Mentoring backend engineers in building reliable, maintainable, and performant microservices
• Ensuring backend systems are secure, resilient, and optimized for high performance
• Coordinating with offshore backend development teams to ensure alignment and quality across distributed teams

What You'll Be Doing:

• Engaging in the full software development lifecycle: planning, requirements, design, development, testing, and deployment
• Developing and maintaining microservices and APIs using C#/.NET and modern architectural patterns
• Troubleshooting production incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement long-term solutions
• Leading adoption of backend technologies and practices that drive performance and operational excellence
• Optimizing data access patterns, storage design, and performance for large-scale applications using MS SQL Server
• Using monitoring, logging, and metrics to maintain reliability and improve system health
• Driving backend architecture discussions with a focus on scalability, maintainability, and cloud efficiency

What You'll Bring to the Table:

• 6+ years of experience in backend development using C#/.NET Core and modern architectural paradigms
• Strong experience designing and building RESTful APIs and microservices
• Solid knowledge of cloud infrastructure and services, preferably AWS
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerized application deployments
• Proficient with MS SQL Server, query optimization, and data modeling
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and DevOps tools such as Git, Jenkins, and Terraform
• Strong communication, documentation, and technical leadership skills
• Experience with observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack) is a plus
• AWS certifications or Kubernetes certifications are a plus

About Perr&Knight:For over 30 years, Perr&Knight has provided exemplary insurance consulting and software solutions to the property & casualty and life, accident & health industries. Services include actuarial consulting, risk strategies & solutions, applied AI consulting, product development, insurance policy and forms consulting, regulatory compliance, compliance and operational assessments/training, state filings, licensing, technology consulting, statistical reporting, data services, predictive analytics, and bureau monitoring & maintenance. Software includes StateFilings.com, the leading cloud-based state filings management solution. With offices nationwide and more than 150 insurance professionals, including 30+ credentialed actuaries, Perr&Knight is among the largest independent actuarial and insurance consulting firms in the United States.
Our mission as an actuarial and insurance operations consulting firm is to provide extraordinary value to our clients by offering innovative and unique solutions to complex challenges they face while providing a positive and motivating work environment for our employees that respects diversity and recognizes ingenuity and hard work.
Perr&Knight is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion and diversity. Perr&Knight does not discriminate in employment on account of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, age, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, physical or mental disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
Perr&Knight will also provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilitie