Backend Software Development Engineer

Employees in this job function are responsible for designing, building, and operating high-throughput backend systems that ingest, process, and serve large volumes of telematics data from connected vehicle fleets.They work at the intersection of distributed systems, data engineering, and API development — delivering reliable, low-latency services that power fleet intelligence products for commercial and enterprise customers.Design and develop scalable, high-performance backend services and APIs that process and expose telematics data — including GPS, trip events, driver behavior, vehicle diagnostics, and sensor telemetry — at fleet scaleBuild and maintain real-time and batch data pipelines that ingest high-volume vehicle event streams from messaging systems (e.g., Pub/Sub, Kafka) into data warehouses and operational stores Skills Required GCP, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems, API, Big Query GCP: Design, deploy, and manage workloads on GCP (Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, IAM, VPC networking, Cloud Composer, etc.), including provisioning infrastructure, configuring security/access controls, and troubleshooting performance or cost issues in production. Expert 3+ yearsBig Data: Design and optimize data pipelines and storage architectures for large-scale, high-volume/high-velocity datasets using tools such as Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, or Dataflow; strong understanding of distributed computing, partitioning, and data lake/warehouse patterns. Expert 3+ yearsArtificial Intelligence & Expert Systems: Build, train, and deploy machine learning models or rule-based expert systems to support decision automation (e.g., predictive maintenance, fraud detection, recommendation engines); familiarity with TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Vertex AI; ability to explain model outputs to non-technical stakeholders. Expert 1+ yearsAPI: Design, build, secure, and document RESTful (or GraphQL) APIs, including authentication/authorization (OAuth2, API keys), versioning, rate limiting, and integration with internal and third-party systems. Expert 3+ yearsBigQuery Write: optimized SQL queries in BigQuery; manage datasets/partitioning/clustering for performance and cost control; integrate BigQuery with BI tools (e.g., Looker, Data Studio) or downstream applications for reporting/analytics. Expert 2+ years Skills Preferred Google Cloud Platform Google Cloud Platform: Broader GCP ecosystem knowledge beyond core required GCP skill — e.g., Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, GKE (Kubernetes), Cloud Build/CI-CD pipelines, or cost-optimization/FinOps practices — that strengthens overall platform capability. Expert 3+ years Experience Required Senior Engineer Exp: Prac. In 2 coding lang. or adv. Prac. in 1 lang.; guides.7+ years in IT5+ years in development Experience Preferred Languages: Kotlin, Java, Python, or equivalent JVM/backend languageFrameworks: Spring Boot, gRPC, REST API designData: BigQuery, PostgreSQL, Redis, Bigtable, Kafka or Pub/SubInfrastructure: GCP (or equivalent), Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelinesPractices: TDD, MLOps-adjacent data pipeline patterns, database performance tuning, API versioning Education Required Bachelor's Degree Education Preferred Certification Program Additional Info At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet . We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories . Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra . We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way. We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years ! FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused . We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest . Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies. Benefits Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include: Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)VisionPersonal Time Off (PTO) ProgramLong Term Disability (100% paid)Life Insurance (100% paid)401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture. 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