_{15th July, 2026}

Back-end Software Development Engineering Senior Engineer #1060737
Position Description:
Employees in this job function develop and maintain the back-end/ server-side parts of an application, typically consisting of APIs, databases and other services containing business logic. They work with various languages and tools to create and maintain services on-prem or in the cloud.
 
Key Responsibilities:

• Engage with customers to understand their use-cases and requirements
• Solve complex problems by designing, developing, and delivering using various tools, languages, frameworks, and technologies
• Align with architecture guidelines for unified and coherent approach to development
• Design, develop, and deliver new code using various tools, languages, frameworks, and technologies
• Develop and maintain back-end applications like APIs and microservices using server-side languages like Java, Python, C#, etc.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user interface elements and with cross functional teams like product owners, designers, architects etc.
• Manage application deployment to the cloud or on-prem, health and performance monitoring, security hardening and disaster recovery for deployed applications
• Manage data storage and retrievals in applications by utilizing database technologies such as Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB, etc.
• Promote improvements in programming practices, such as test-driven development, continuous integration, and continuous delivery
• Optimize back-end infrastructure and deployment practices to improve application resiliency and reliability
• Support security practices to safeguard user data including encryption and anonymization

 
Skills Required:

• GCP Cloud Run, Computer engineering, C++, GitHub, REST APIs, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Infrastructure, Microservices, Java, Python

 
Skills Preferred:

• Telematics, Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems

 
Experience Required:
WHAT YOU WILL BRING:

• 2 or more years of professional experience in backend software engineering with a focus on cloud-native services on GCP or equivalent cloud platforms
• Proficiency in Python, C++, and Java for backend service development
• Experience designing and implementing REST and gRPC APIs, with strong grasp of API versioning, backward compatibility, and documentation practices
• Hands-on experience with GCP services including Cloud Run, GKE, Pub/Sub, Cloud Build, and Cloud Logging
• Experience with event-driven architecture patterns and message queue systems; Kafka familiarity is a strong plus given TOP's observability stack
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipeline design and implementation in a GitHub-based development workflow
• Experience instrumenting services with OpenTelemetry or equivalent observability frameworks
• Demonstrated ability to write clean, testable, well-documented code in a collaborative team environment

 
Experience Preferred:
NICE TO HAVE:

• Experience integrating with LLM inference APIs or AI engine backends
• Familiarity with automotive data formats or telematics data structures
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Developer certification
• Familiarity with OpenAPI specification and API gateway patterns on GCP

 
Education Required:

• Bachelor's Degree

 
Education Preferred:

• Certification Program

 
Additional Info:
 
At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra.  We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.
We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years!
FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused.
We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.
Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:
 

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

 
Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.
FastTek Global was named one of the Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023!
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AI & Hiring Disclosure
We use AI tools to support parts of our hiring process, such as reviewing applications and identifying potential matches. These tools are designed to promote efficiency, consistency, and fairness, and they are always used under human oversight.
All personal data collected is used solely for recruitment purposes, and you have the right to know, access, or request deletion of your data at any time, subject to legal limits.
If AI will be used in a video interview, you'll be informed in advance and asked for your consent, with the option to opt out.
Our tools are regularly reviewed to detect potential bias and to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and our commitment to inclusive hiring.
To learn more or exercise your rights, please contact us at info@fasttek.com.
 
 

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