Backend Engineer Senior
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Looking for W-2 CANDIDATES ONLY who are authorized to work in the United States without the need for sponsorship. H-1B Transfers AND CORP-TO-CORP Candidates WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED for this position
Job Title: Backend Engineer Senior
Location: Orlando FL
Duration: Permanent Position
Description:
Kforce is working with a client in search of a Senior Backend Engineer to join their team! This position is full-time direct hire and remote with the ability to work PST hours. Summary: As a Senior Backend Engineer you will design build and maintain the core services APIs and integrations that power our platform. Youll collaborate with world-class engineers to deliver resilient high-performance systems.
Responsibilities:
- Senior Backend Engineer will design build and own REST/GraphQL APIs that serve internal and external clients
- Develop and maintain data & messaging pipelines that connect micro-services and third-party platforms
- Architect scalable observable backend systems with an emphasis on performance security and fault tolerance
- Implement and manage integrations (server-side and browser-based) with restaurant delivery and marketing platforms
- Improve CI/CD workflows container orchestration and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) for rapid reliable releases
- As a Senior Backend Engineer you will partner with product data and frontend teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions
- Monitor production systems respond to incidents and drive root-cause analysis and continuous improvement
- 5 years of professional backend or systems engineering experience
- Hands-on experience designing and operating distributed systems on AWS GCP or DigitalOcean
- Experience building and managing data & event pipelines with tools such as Kafka RabbitMQ or similar
- Deep knowledge of SQL (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB) data modeling & query optimization
- Advanced proficiency in and Python
- Strong grasp of API design patterns (REST GraphQL webhook callbacks) and authentication (OAuth 2.0/JWT)
- Skilled in containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes or equivalent)
- Familiarity with Terraform (or other IaC) and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions CircleCI etc.)
- Familiarity with Puppeteer for integration workflows
- Excellent troubleshooting skills and a history of driving reliability in production environments
- Strong collaboration and communication abilities; comfortable operating in fast-changing ambiguous contexts
Preferred Qualifications:
- Production experience with Airflow (or analogous workflow orchestration)
- Knowledge of real-time streaming (e.g. WebSockets gRPC)
- Background in high-volume e-commerce or restaurant technology domains
- Security best practices for PCI-DSS and SOC 2 compliance
Employment Type
Full-time
