Back-end Software Development Engineer

Back-end Software Development Engineer #1056817 | Dearborn, Michigan

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 a 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 such as 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‑premises, health and performance monitoring, security hardening and disaster recovery for deployed applications.
• Manage data storage and retrieval in applications by utilizing database technologies such as Oracle, MySQL, Mongo
  
  DB, 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.

• Test Automation – Expected to design, build, and maintain automated tests for backend services, including unit, integration, API, and regression tests, and ensure test coverage is incorporated into the CI/CD pipeline.
• Application Design – Expected to lead and contribute to backend application design, including service decomposition, API contracts, event‑driven patterns, scalability, resiliency, observability, and secure design practices.
• Application Development – Expected to develop high‑quality, production‑ready backend services using modern programming frameworks, following coding standards, code review practices, and performance and maintainability best practices.
• Application Support – Expected to support production applications by troubleshooting incidents, analyzing logs and metrics, resolving defects, performing root cause analysis, and implementing improvements to reliability and supportability.
• Web Services – Expected to design, build, and support RESTful and/or event‑driven web services, including API versioning, request/response contracts, authentication/authorization, error handling, and system integration patterns.
• Test / Integration Testing – Expected to validate service‑to‑service and external system integrations through integration testing, contract testing, and end‑to‑end validation to ensure reliable interaction across dependent platforms and APIs.

• GCP – Experience building, deploying, and supporting backend applications on Google Cloud Platform, including use of managed services, security controls, monitoring, and cloud‑native architecture practices.
• GCP Cloud Run – Experience deploying and operating containerized backend services on Cloud Run, including configuration, scaling behavior, service‑to‑service connectivity, and secure runtime operations.
• Cloud Computing – Strong understanding of cloud computing concepts such as scalability, high availability, infrastructure automation, distributed systems, cost‑awareness, and secure service design in cloud environments.
• Git Hub – Experience using Git Hub for source control, pull requests, branch strategy, code reviews, and CI/CD workflow integration to support collaborative software delivery.
• Spring – Experience using the Spring ecosystem to build enterprise backend applications, including dependency injection, configuration management, integration patterns, and maintainable service architecture.
• Spring Boot – Experience building production‑grade microservices with Spring Boot, including…