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# Back-end Software Development Engineering Senior Engineer

- **Company:** Fasttek Global
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Databases, Computer Engineering, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Data Structures, Disaster Recovery, Expert Systems, Github, Human-Computer Interaction, Python (Programming Language), MongoDB, MySQL, Oracle (Applications), Queueing Systems, Service Development Studio, Software Deployment, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Openapi, Data Logging, Google Cloud, Data Storage Technologies, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Large Language Models, Build Server, Backend, Event Driven Architecture, Google Cloud Functions, Performance Monitor, Apache Kafka, Api Gateway, Restful APIs, Serverless Computing, Microservices
- **Published:** July 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.fasttek.com/hr_job?adId=437763

## About the Role

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

## 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., * 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


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