Boulder, CO

Salary
$135,000–$160,000from the description
Posted
Jul 17, 2026
Location
Boulder, CO
Last confirmed open
Jul 21, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

A back-end-heavy senior engineering role focused on designing and building the architecture of an energy market platform, covering settlement processing, bid submission, market workflows, and platform APIs. The work involves leading C#/.NET system development, defining API and service patterns, optimizing SQL Server database performance, and mentoring other engineers, with occasional JavaScript front-end contributions. Suits an experienced engineer comfortable with distributed systems design and technical leadership.

Senior level · 7+ years · Boulder, CO · Full-time

Must have (6)
C#.NETSQL ServerJavaScriptdistributed systemsREST
Nice to have (1)
cloud-native architectures

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How this req sits in the market our data

Roughly 220 people in the Boulder, CO area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 170–290

Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.

What won't set you apart
JavaScript62%

Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.

What the occupation pays Median $168,179 (middle half $132,051–$211,194). This posting is about at that midpoint.

Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.

Why we read it this way (7)

The role is explicitly hybrid (2 days in-office in Boulder, CO) — not fully remote.

'Distributed systems and APIs' is listed as a single requirement under Minimum Qualifications; REST is used as the canonical API design skill name to represent the API design/service patterns requirement.

'Working knowledge of JavaScript' is listed under Minimum Qualifications with softer language than C#/.NET and SQL Server, but its placement in the required section makes it a hard gate.

Cloud-native architectures and AI-assisted development appear only under Preferred Qualifications.

Energy markets / settlements / trading platform experience and enterprise application modernization experience also appear under Preferred Qualifications but name no specific technology or tool, so they are omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.

The salary range ($135,000–$160,000/year) is stated as a Colorado-law-compliant base compensation estimate; actual pay may vary.

Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): AI-assisted development.

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