Back-end Software Development Engineering Senior Engineer

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 such as 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 retrieval 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

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

• Telematics, Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems

• 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 Git Hub‑based development workflow
• Experience instrumenting services with Open Telemetry or equivalent observability frameworks
• Demonstrated ability to write clean, testable, well‑documented code in a collaborative team environment

• 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

• Bachelor's Degree

• Certification Program

• Medical and Dental (Fast Tek 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