$135,000–$155,000 Per Year
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-availability backend services supporting order fulfillment and delivery workflows
- Lead technical design and drive architecture decisions for cloud-native, distributed, event-driven systems
- Build APIs and event-driven services integrating with POS, kitchen systems, delivery platforms, and external partners
- Own services end-to-end (design, implementation, deployment, observability, and reliability)
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code while promoting engineering best practices
- Provide technical leadership through code reviews, mentoring, knowledge sharing and contributing to refinement of engineering standards
- Collaborate with external vendors and internal Product, QA, DevOps, development teams and Business Operations teams to deliver resilient, impactful solutions
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues with a focus on performance, scalability, and reliability
- Participate in on-call rotations and lead incident response for critical systems
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of software engineering experience building secure, scalable backend and/or distributed systems and leading software development teams
- Proven experience designing and operating high-scale, cloud-native microservices in production
- Strong proficiency in one or more: Java, Kotlin, Node.js, or Python
- Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (GCP preferred)
- Strong understanding of databases, messaging systems, and caching strategies
- Excellent problem-solving skills and sense of ownership
- Proven track record for designing/creating quality solutions with minimal input
- Strong communication skills and ability to influence technical direction
- Experience with Agile methodologies
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in eCommerce, fulfillment, delivery, or restaurant technology domains
- Familiarity with microservices, Docker, and Kubernetes
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code (e.g. Terraform, Jenkins, Harness)
- Knowledge of POS systems, kitchen systems, or last-mile delivery platforms
- Experience supporting mission-critical systems with strict uptime, latency, and SLA requirements
- Experience with AI tools and technology
Current Tech Stack
- Backend: Java 17-25, Spring Boot 3+, some Python/JS
- Cloud Platform: Google Cloud Platform (Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, Firestore, GKEE, GSM, etc)
- Architecture: Event-driven microservices, asynchronous processing, webhook ingestion, RESTful APIs
- Infrastructure: Terraform, GKE and serverless deployments
- Data & Messaging: Firestore (NoSQL), Spanner, MySQL, Pub/Sub, HTTP APIs
- Observability: Splunk (logging/search), AppDynamics (APM), structured logging with MDC
- Build & CI/CD: Gradle, Jib, Jenkins/Harness pipelines
- Integrations: POS systems, delivery platforms, external vendor APIs
- Tools: Jira, Lucid, Confluence, BitBucket, Gemini (for AI)
SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at https://sgainc.com/ .
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