Senior Backend & Data Platform Engineer (Remote, US-Eastern Time Zone)

Alexander Babbage, Inc. has built a decision intelligence platform that connects physical world behaviors to business outcomes. They are seeking a Senior Backend & Data Platform Engineer to evolve the TruTrade platform by improving backend systems, data architecture, and analytics capabilities.

Responsibilities:

• Evolve backend systems and data architecture
• Improve data pipelines across complex, multi-source datasets
• Strengthen performance, reliability, and scalability
• Help extend the platform toward more advanced analytics and AI-driven capabilities
• Designing and optimizing PostgreSQL data models and queries
• Building and improving multi-source data pipelines (Databricks, SQL, Python)
• Managing AWS infrastructure (RDS, S3, IAM)
• Solving data integrity challenges across disparate datasets
• Improving observability, monitoring, and system performance
• Structuring data to support future AI and model-driven applications

Requirements:

• 5+ years in backend or data platform engineering
• Strong SQL and PostgreSQL expertise
• Experience with AWS (RDS, S3, IAM)
• Experience supporting data-driven applications or platforms
• Strong problem-solving and systems thinking
• Ability to operate independently in a remote environment
• Python / ETL experience
• Databricks or similar environments
• Experience with complex, multi-source datasets
• Exposure to AI-assisted development or data applications
• Experience with GIS or location-specific datasets