Backend Services Developer

🇺🇸 Remote - US

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $70K - $75K

💻 Software Engineering

🗓️ September 29th, 2025

Python

Edtech.com's Summary

Colorado State University is hiring a Backend Services Developer to create and implement a web-based enterprise application for the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories. The role involves collaborating with the National Park Service to deliver a mapping and data management system within a one-year timeframe, developing backend services, ensuring data quality, and supporting integration with Department of the Interior systems.

Highlights

Design and implement a web-based Pesticide Use Proposal System (PUPs) with geospatial and recommendation features.
Collaborate with biologists and subject matter experts in Integrated Pest Management and IT staff to define project scope and deliverables.
Develop backend services and data storage supporting the application and assist in user interface development.
Ensure data accuracy and perform quality control on application outputs.
Deliver production-ready enterprise-level application within a one-year fixed-term appointment.
Require at least a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Cognitive Science, or related field with coursework in data structures, database design, programming, APIs, software engineering, machine learning, and large language models.
Require a minimum of one year experience in backend or full-stack application development.
Preferred skills include Python, C#, and R programming for data science.
Annual salary range of $70,000 to $75,000, commensurate with experience and qualifications.
Work closely with the National Park Service, Biological Resources Division, and partners; minimal to no travel; position may be remote.