Software Engineer - Backend Engineer

Rescale is pioneering the future of engineering and scientific discovery. As the leader in digital engineering, we’re transforming how products are developed—through intelligent automation, applied AI, data management, and the integration of the world’s largest network of engineering and R&D applications. Joining Rescale means becoming part of a diverse, collaborative, and mission-driven team that’s unlocking faster innovation across industries like aerospace, energy, life sciences, and manufacturing. We’re solving complex challenges that traditional HPC can’t—and we’re seeking passionate, curious minds to help build the next wave of breakthroughs.

We are seeking a systems-oriented Software Engineer, Backend engineer to join our team!

Some of the things you will work on and impact:

• own end-to-end delivery of essential, core functionality for Rescale customers as well as rapidly iterating on new product ideas.

• work with your teammates to build and maintain high quality automation for building and testing our main customer-facing platform.

• develop and maintain critical areas of the product including identity management, elastic cloud workstations, and workflow automation.

What we’re looking for:

• 2+ years of experience building and operating performant, non-trivial backend systems in production.

• Expertise or strong interest in the following areas: web performance optimization (including ORM and DB profiling), deploying and scaling web applications using cloud services, application security

• High enthusiasm for supporting both rapid proof-of-concept prototypes as well as robust, mission critical components for both internal and external stakeholders.

• Comfortable with ambiguity, strong user-first mindset, and ability to come up with non-regrettable technical solutions.

• Flexibility and dedication to work in a team and ship exceptional software.

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are fundamental to our success. We strive to be a workplace where we:

• Welcome ALL and ALL are welcome.

• Show up with our whole selves or whichever parts of ourselves we’re comfortable sharing, and be ready to see the same in others.

• Be ready to learn, unlearn, and learn again.

• Respect others and their opinions. We practice empathy in the way we interact with each other and celebrate uniqueness as a team.

• Seek to understand - ask more questions than one makes statements.

• Provide safety from judgment and preserve a collaborative environment.

Rescale is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with Rescale will be contingent upon successful completion of a comprehensive background check. Here at Rescale, we are committed to being transparent in our policies around candidate privacy. For more details on the information Rescale collects in your application, please view the Rescale Applicant Privacy Policy here.