Sr. Backend Software Engineer

Role Description

We’re looking for a NodeJS Engineer who is passionate about building scalable, high-quality backend systems and enjoys collaborating across teams to deliver great product experiences. You’ll play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining services primarily written in Node.js, with exposure to Ruby, PostgreSQL, and potentially hardware-integrated systems.

Our technology bridges financial payment providers, retail fuel pump technology, and customer experience by wrapping low-level standards-compliant integrations with powerful software abstractions on an ultra-modern software platform. Our platform services and applications are built using a broad swath of technologies (Typescript, NodeJS, Ruby, React, and others), interconnected via GraphQL and RabbitMQ, and run in AWS using Terraform, Helm and Kubernetes (via EKS).

Qualifications

• Strong background in Node.js/Typescript, PostgreSQL.
• Ability to analyze and resolve complex technical issues efficiently.
• A proactive mindset with a strong commitment to understanding and meeting customer needs.
• Excellent teamwork skills, coupled with an ownership mindset and the ability to work independently.

Requirements

• Proven expertise in Node.js (Typescript) and database management (PostgreSQL).
• 8+ years of backend development (with distributed systems and microservices) experience.
• Proficiency with GraphQL, TypeORM, and Nest.js.
• Hands-on experience working with (and administering) K8S, message brokers (RMQ), APIs, especially proprietary hardware or device integrations is a plus.
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills across software and hardware domains.
• Ability to self-organize and manage tasks in a fast-paced, ticket-driven environment.
• Ability to write clean code and effective automated tests to deliver high-quality system improvements.
• Ability to break down larger requirements into small, self-contained changes to the system.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
• Experience in the retail and/or fuel & convenience industries a plus.
• Ruby/Rails experience a big plus.
• Experience implementing or consuming GraphQL APIs a plus.

Benefits

• Build and maintain backend services and API.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Investigate and resolve production issues and customer-reported bugs with a focus on root-cause analysis and long-term maintainability.
• Contribute to system design discussions and architectural decisions.
• Continuously improve code quality, testing practices, and development processes.

Interview Process

• Interview #1: Video Screen with Talent Acquisition Team
• Interview #2: Video interview with the Hiring Manager (via MS Teams)
• Interview #3: Video interview with the Team (via MS Teams)