Backend Software Engineer

Job Description:

Backend Software Engineer

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a Backend Software Engineer in the Corporate Research Digital Platforms (CRDP) group you will design, build, and support backend services that power data, analytics, and AI‑enabled applications used across R&D enterprise teams. You will work as part of an agile, cross‑functional team to deliver secure, scalable, and production‑ready backend solutions integrated with modern cloud and data platforms.

In this role you will:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services supporting data, analytics, and AI/ML workflows

• Develop secure, production‑grade APIs exposing analytical datasets and model outputs to internal applications

• Build and maintain data ingestion and processing pipelines in partnership with data engineering teams

• Implement analysis‑ready data models for statistical modeling, machine learning, and AI applications

• Integrate backend services with cloud and data platforms, including Databricks and Delta Lake

• Apply authentication, authorization, and access controls to protect trade secret and IP‑sensitive data

• Support MVP‑to‑scale transitions by improving reliability, monitoring, and operational readiness

• Collaborate with data scientists, materials scientists, frontend engineers, and product teams

• Instrument services with logging, telemetry, and performance monitoring

• Contribute to backend standards, documentation, and best practices within the team.

• Provide peer guidance and technical support to team members as needed,

• Stay current with emerging technologies and contribute ideas for continuous improvement of our backend services.

Your Skills and Expertise  

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or Engineering (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution.

• 6+ years of professional backend software engineering experience delivering production systems

• 4+ years of experience designing, building, and operating production‑grade RESTful APIs using a modern programming language (e.g., Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript)

• 3+ years of experience deploying and operating backend services on a major cloud platform (AWS preferred), using modern DevOps and CI/CD practices

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Familiarity with the Databricks ecosystem (Delta Lake, Jobs, SQL endpoints, Unity Catalog)
• Experience supporting analytics, data science, or AI/ML‑heavy applications
• Exposure to data governance, lineage, or metadata management concepts
• Experience working in regulated, R&D, or IP‑sensitive environments
• Familiarity with observability tools for metrics, tracing, and logging
• Experience supporting pilot or MVP solutions that evolve into production systems
• Excellent interpersonal, collaborative, team building, and communication skills to ensure effective collaborations with matrixed teams.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and experience working in cross‑functional, agile teams
• Demonstrated experience implementing authentication, authorization, and role‑based access control in backend systems
• Proven experience integrating backend services with cloud data platforms (Databricks & AWS preferred)

Work location: This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days a week at the 3M Center in Maplewood, MN.

Travel: May include up to 10% domestic

Relocation Assistance: Notauthorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

Resources for You

For more details on what happens before, during and after the interview process, check out the Insights for Candidates page at 3M.com/careers.

Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $145,676 - $178,049, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/.

Good Faith Posting Date Range 04/09/2026 To 05/09/2026 Or until filled

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Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.

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