Associate Backend Software Engineer

Boeing

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Work type
On-site
Location
Berkeley, MOHazelwood, MOSaint Louis, MO
Salary
$99,450–$134,550 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
6 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Oct 13, 2026

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $117k
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This role pays less than 92% of similar roles. Most pay $164,223–$227,712 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $117k versus about $196k for comparable roles.

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About Boeing

Boeing is the world''s largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners, military aircraft, defense systems, and space launch vehicles for customers in 150 countries. Industry: Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing

Boeing currently has 72 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $119,850–$168,175 across 64 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Associate Backend Software Engineer

Associate Backend Software Engineer, Phantom Works joins the Model-Based Engineering software team to support the Boeing Defense Services business organization. This role focuses on developing prototypes and new capabilities for web-applications and services while shaping the architecture and infrastructure needed to make minimum-viable products production-ready. Daily responsibilities include designing APIs, creating data processing and analytics pipelines, optimizing SQL queries, building robust server applications, and establishing systems for multi-application communications, logging, alerts, authentication, and configuration. The candidate will utilize technologies including Go, Java, Python, JavaScript, and C++, while working with tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, GitLab, Kafka, NiFi, Redis, and RabbitMQ. The role addresses the technical challenge of building scalable, performant infrastructure for complex datasets and distributed systems within a defense context, ensuring applications can support hundreds to thousands of users through modern architectural styles like microservices and event-driven design.

What you'll do

  • Design APIs and develop data processing and analytics pipelines.
  • Optimize SQL queries to improve database performance.
  • Build production-ready infrastructure for web applications and services.
  • Research and select appropriate technologies and programming languages for new capabilities.
  • Develop reliable, performant server applications that scale to support thousands of users.
  • Create test suites to verify the reliability, performance, and behavior of server applications.
  • Expand existing infrastructure for multi-application communications, logging, alerts, and authentication.
  • Prototype features and applications based on requirements from users and developers.

What we're looking for

  • Ability to obtain a U.S. Top Secret Security Clearance (requires U.S. Citizenship).
  • 2+ years of experience in backend software development.
  • 2+ years of experience with Go, Java, JavaScript, Python, or equivalent server language.
  • 2+ years of experience with databases using SQL or PL/SQL.
  • Working knowledge of concurrent computing and developing multi-threaded or multi-process software applications.
  • Exposure to Agile process.
  • Bachelor of Science in a STEM field (preferred); strong experience with JavaScript frameworks, Go, Java, C++, and infrastructure tools (preferred).
  • Bachelor’s Degree.

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