Back-End Software Engineering Lead / Architect

This is a highly experienced Software Engineer to design, develop, and evolve backend-focused cloud and web applications that support our fuel management and IoT platforms. This role will provide technical leadership in software architecture, backend development, system scalability, and engineering best practices while collaborating closely with front-end engineers, QA, product teams, and other stakeholders. This role brings deep expertise in Node.js, AWS, Kubernetes, MongoDB, and modern web application architecture, along with a passion for building reliable, high-performance solutions that deliver value to customers.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and test backend-focused software elements for cloud-based and web-based applications.

• Architect and evolve back end application and system designs to align with current standards, scalability, reliability, and long term product roadmaps.

• Provide support to and partner with Front-End software engineer(s) on solutions, problem-solving, and setting processes and standards.

• Work as part of a team developing software in an agile methodology

• Develop software solutions for connectivity and IoT for our fuel management platforms

• Lead requirements analysis and definition of software architecture

• Design and optimize software for high performance, high availability, and low latency

• Write high quality, readable, and maintainable code with accompanying automated unit tests for both new and modified code

• Conduct peer design/code reviews and demonstrate software to stakeholders

• Collaborate with SQA, Product Service, development partners, and customers to monitor software performance, and investigate/resolve identified issues

• Provide technical leadership through code reviews, design discussions, and best practices.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, related field, or suitable combination of education, experience, and training

• 10+ years of professional experience in commercial software development, with a strong specialization in full stack application development.

• Strong knowledge of architectural needs for web-based applications and ability to build and/or redesign them to meet current standards and business strategies/requirements/roadmaps.

• Experience working with MongoDB, including schema design and query optimization.