The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  SmartTech Solutions is hiring a Backend Developer in Louisville, KY.

• Role description

  We are assembling a world-class technology team and want a Backend Developer who can write Kubernetes that performs under pressure. At its core, this is a junior Backend Developer job in KY that rewards 1 years with $47,000 - $73,000 and room to run.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Lead technical design reviews for junior technology initiatives
  • Wrangle GitLab CI config across environments so Louisville staging mirrors production
  • Guard the Agile codebase quality through reviews that teach as much as they catch
  • Wire up Microservices feature flags so SmartTech Solutions can test on Louisville traffic risk-free
  • Reproduce the mission-driven bug from the Louisville field report, then make it impossible again
  • Resurrect flaky Go tests until the Louisville, KY suite is trustworthy again

  What You'll Bring

  • The reflex to surface risk before it surfaces itself
  • Fluency across Linux and Microservices, with strong opinions on both
  • Comfort owning a number that goes up or down because of you
  • Junior fluency in Kubernetes, with Scrum on your roadmap
  • A bias toward asking the dumb question before the expensive mistake
  • An instinct for prioritization when everything is labeled urgent

  SmartTech Solutions has quietly become one of the most clarity-seeking names in technology, all from a modest office in Louisville, KY. At SmartTech Solutions we hire people we can trust with real decisions and then give them the room to make them.

  Expect $47,000 - $73,000 plus full medical, dental, and vision benefits, generous paid time off, and real mentorship from day one.

  Newly timestamped, SmartTech Solutions keeps this junior opening on the active board.

  Got the drive and the PHP? we'd love to see your application.

• Required skills

  • GitLab CI
  • Agile
  • Git
  • Scrum
  • PHP
  • Linux
  • Go
  • Kubernetes
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microservices
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Team Leadership
  • Emotional Intelligence

• Benefits & perks

  • Sleep and recovery programs
  • Compressed Workweek
  • Paid volunteer days
  • Maternity Leave
  • Annual salary reviews
  • Internet and phone reimbursement
  • Long-term disability insurance
  • Pet-friendly office
  • Discounts on company products
  • Lifestyle spending account
  • Dental insurance
  • Burnout prevention resources

• Apply before 2026-09-09

  Submit your application for this Remote technology position.