Senior Backend Engineer

Business Intelligence Lead Full-Time About The Role

ACPWB's Business Intelligence team of 12 runs the technical infrastructure that makes our analytical work credible. The Senior Backend Engineer will take ownership of specific components of the the firm's business intelligence environment, working in Power Shell and Azure Active Directory and collaborating with a small team of technically rigorous engineers. We do not have layers of process. We do have high standards.

These are different things.

ACPWB's Business Intelligence team powers the the firm's business intelligence environment that supports our advisory practice. The Senior Backend Engineer will contribute to internal tooling and developer productivity, working in Power Shell and Azure Active Directory and collaborating with a small team of technically rigorous engineers. We do not have layers of process. We do have high standards. These are different things.

• Develop and maintain BI dashboards and analytical reports for internal stakeholders using Power Shell and Azure Active Directory
• Monitor system health, troubleshoot issues, and respond to incidents with appropriate urgency and documentation
• Partner with analytical and advisory teams to understand data requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Document system architecture, data models, and operational runbooks for the Business Intelligence team
• Lead or contribute to technical evaluation and procurement for new systems and infrastructure

Required

• Experience with monitoring, alerting, and observability tooling for production systems
• Familiarity with information security fundamentals including authentication, encryption, and access control
• Experience with cloud infrastructure management including compute, storage, and networking on Azure and on-premise hybrid environment
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of technical systems and follow through on commitments independently
• Demonstrated curiosity about new tools and technologies with evidence of self-directed technical learning
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills with the ability to diagnose issues under time pressure

• Demonstrated interest in data quality, data contracts, or observability as engineering practices
• Prior involvement in technology selection or architectural decision-making in a professional context
• Familiarity with API design and RESTful service development

If you have spent your career doing important work at organizations that did not fully recognize its importance, ACPWB is a corrective experience. We notice contribution. We reward it. We publish research arguing that everyone else should do the same, and we practice what we preach, which is not as common as it should be.

ACPWB was founded in Milwaukee in 2006 with a simple mandate: help working Americans understand and advocate for the compensation they deserve. Eighteen years later, that mandate has grown into a full-service research and advisory practice serving clients from early-stage employers to Fortune 50 enterprises — and we are still based in Milwaukee, because Milwaukee is genuinely underrated.

Our process is intentionally streamlined: one phone screen, one comprehensive interview, one reference check, one offer. We aim to complete the process within 14 to 21 days of initial contact. We have found that additional rounds do not improve our predictive accuracy and do consume your time, which we respect.

• Support at least one cross-functional project where your technical work enables an advisory deliverable
• Contribute meaningfully to the team's technical roadmap discussions with grounded, evidence-based input
• Lead at least one sprint or project phase end-to-end from planning through deployment
• Demonstrate the ability to scope technical work accurately and deliver against that scope