SR Software Engineer

Overview

This role will focus on high-availability systems, authentication/authorization services, API infrastructure, and multi-cloud architecture initiatives supporting large-scale transaction platforms. The engineer will work on mission-critical services that power online ordering ecosystems and point-of-sale platforms, requiring a strong focus on scalability, uptime, and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Design and build foundational platform services supporting authentication, authorization, and core infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain services using Java, Node.js, and Nest.js.
• Support API infrastructure and gateway management, including integrations with Apigee.
• Implement and maintain authentication and identity services using Okta and SSO frameworks.
• Build and maintain webhook and WebSocket platforms used across internal and external systems.
• Support role-based access control (RBAC) and logical access control (LVAC) implementations.
• Drive high availability initiatives to improve system uptime and resiliency.
• Work on infrastructure improvements within Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Contribute to architecture and research efforts around multi-cloud failover strategies, including expansion into Microsoft Azure.
• Collaborate with platform, infrastructure, and application teams across the organization.
• Participate in architectural discussions and system design reviews.

Technical Environment

• Languages: Java, Node.js, Nest.js
• Cloud Platforms: Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure
• Identity & Security: Okta, AuthN/AuthZ, SSO
• API Management: Apigee Gateway
• Architecture: High availability systems, failover strategies, distributed systems
• Platforms: Webhooks, WebSockets, API infrastructure
• Access Control: RBAC, LVAC

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience in backend or platform engineering environments.
• Strong experience building and supporting highly available distributed systems.
• Hands-on development experience with Java and/or Node.js.
• Experience with cloud-native infrastructure, particularly GCP (Azure experience is a plus).
• Experience implementing authentication and authorization frameworks.
• Familiarity with API gateway platforms such as Apigee.
• Experience building scalable infrastructure services used across multiple applications or teams.
• Strong understanding of system reliability, uptime, and failover design patterns.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with multi-cloud architecture strategies.
• Experience supporting large-scale transaction or ordering systems.
• Background working on shared platform or foundational services teams.
• Experience supporting systems that require four to five nines uptime.