Backend Developer
MGM
| Company | MGM |
| Category | Engineering |
| Location | Rochester |
| Remote | On-site (inferred) |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Not stated |
| Salary | USD 69k–93k |
| Posted | 25 Jul 2026 |
| Last verified | 12 Aug 2026 |
| Source | The employer's own careers page (company_site) |
Description
We don't need a Backend Developer who knows everything about Ruby on Rails; we need one curious enough to find out what they don't. Trade 5 years of Communication for $69,000 - $93,000 and you also get technology ownership and a MGM crew that wants you to win.
Key Responsibilities
• Guard the Communication codebase quality through reviews that teach as much as they catch
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs powering core MGM products
• Watch Microsoft Azure error budgets and pump the brakes before Rochester, NY burns through them
• Optimize application performance, latency, and resource utilization at scale
• Evaluate and recommend new tools, frameworks, and Flask libraries
• Drive the Flask incident postmortem that stops the Rochester outage from recurring
What You'll Bring
• The humility to revise strong opinions when the data argues back
• Solid Microsoft Azure grounding, plus Ruby on Rails you can pick up on the fly
• Comfort being the newest person in the room and the loudest in the notes
• The instinct to ask "what would change your mind?" before debating
• A learner's pace that keeps up with shifting requirements
• 5+ years navigating the politics that technology work attracts
MGM is what happens when high-trust engineers in Rochester decide that good enough is the enemy of great Communication. Around here, "I don't know yet" is a perfectly respectable sentence and often the start of something good.
The offer is plainspoken: $69,000 - $93,000, coaching that grows you, benefits that cover you, and a schedule that flexes with Rochester.
We re-validated this opening today; MGM is still on the lookout.
Turn your 3 of experience into your next role; apply today.