Senior Backend Software Engineer

Job overview

The Senior Backend Software Engineer role is onsite in Watertown, Massachusetts. Compensation is not specified. Flexcompute develops ultra-fast engineering simulation products, including Flow360 computational fluid dynamics software and Tidy3D electromagnetic simulation software. The engineer builds scalable backend and infrastructure solutions for the simulation platform, including APIs, data management, and hybrid cloud compute and storage. The work supports reliable, scalable simulation workloads by connecting on-premises high-performance computing systems with cloud platforms.

What you'll do

• Contribute to API unification, simulation data management, and scripting improvements
• collaborate with electromagnetic simulation and infrastructure teams on backend and scheduler integrations
• improve task pipelines through web API design
• develop hybrid cloud compute and storage solutions
• optimize and manage high-performance computing clusters
• support distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, containerization, automation, monitoring, and security.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior backend software engineer

watertown ma

flexcompute

backend systems

web apis

high-performance computing

hybrid cloud

distributed systems

python

java

c++

aws

kubernetes

engineering simulation

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Competitive compensation with startup equity
• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) contribution
• gym allowance.

Why this role

Works on backend systems for an electromagnetic simulation platform and hybrid cloud/HPC infrastructure.

About the employer

Flexcompute Inc. is hiring for this role. Industry: Software Publishers. Sector: 51.