Itron is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water. We create a more resourceful world to protect essential resources for today and tomorrow. Join us.

About the Role

We are looking for a Backend Developer with a strong foundation in distributed systems, clean architecture, and performance-oriented design. You ll focus primarily on building reliable, scalable, and maintainable backend services that power end-to-end features across multiple platforms. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on solving system-level challenges, understands database and API design fundamentals, and values code quality and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Design and develop highly available, performant, and fault-tolerant backend systems and APIs.
Apply SOLID principles and clean architecture to ensure modular and maintainable services.
Own components end-to-end from design, implementation, testing, deployment, to monitoring.
Optimize database design and queries; ensure efficient indexing, replication, and scaling.
Implement proper error handling, logging, and observability mechanisms (metrics, tracing).
Collaborate closely with frontend and DevOps teams to define clear API contracts and deployment workflows.
Ensure secure handling of data and credentials using industry-standard practices.
Write comprehensive unit and integration tests, and participate in code and design reviews.
Continuously improve system reliability, scalability, and developer experience.

Required Skills

2 5 years of hands-on experience in backend development.
Strong programming skills in one or more backend languages (Python, Go, Java, C#, or Node.js).
Deep understanding of database fundamentals schema design, indexing, transactions, and connection pooling.
Experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs or GraphQL services.
Solid grasp of scaling principles caching, load balancing, asynchronous processing, and message queues.
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
Strong debugging and performance optimization skills.
Working knowledge of version control, CI/CD, and deployment best practices.

Good to Have

Experience with distributed system design queues, event-driven architecture, or microservices.
Exposure to monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry).
Familiarity with security and compliance concepts (OAuth, JWT, secrets management).
Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Helm, CloudFormation).
Knowledge of caching and queuing tools (Redis, RabbitMQ, Kafka, SQS).

Who You Are

You believe in building clean, reliable, and maintainable systems that scale with business growth.

You think in systems and trade-offs, not just code.

You re curious about the full stack and understand how backend decisions impact product experience.

You re proactive, analytical, and comfortable working independently in a fast-paced environment.

You value collaboration, ownership, and continuous learning.

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