Senior Software Developer - Backend

XPEL•San Antonio, TX

61d

About The Position

We're looking for a Senior Software Developer - Backend, who is curious, ambitious, and eager to make an impact. You'll join a team building cloud-native systems that power our global operations, and you'll have the opportunity to shape how we evolve our platform. Our stack is .NET based, but we care more about your engineering fundamentals and your drive to learn than checking boxes on specific technologies. If you've built great things in Java, Go, Python, Node, or any other stack and want to grow into .NET, we want to talk to you.

Requirements

5+ years building backend systems in production environments
Strong fundamentals in any modern language (C#, Java, Go, Python, TypeScript, etc.)
Deep experience designing and building REST APIs
Solid understanding of relational databases, query optimization, and data modeling
Experience with distributed systems concepts: service bus, message queues, caching, eventual consistency
Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
A track record of shipping software and solving hard problems

Nice To Haves

Experience with Elasticsearch or similar search technologies
Exposure to AI/ML powered search, vector databases, or semantic search
Experience building fault tolerant systems (retry policies, circuit breakers, graceful degradation)
Background in B2B SaaS or enterprise platforms
Experience with multi region deployments and globally distributed systems
Experience with ERP integrations (NetSuite, SAP, etc.)
Familiarity with real time systems (WebSockets, SignalR, etc.)
Observability and monitoring experience (distributed tracing, structured logging)

Responsibilities

Design and build scalable APIs and backend services
Model complex business domains and optimize database performance
Architect integrations with third-party systems (ERP, payments, tax services)
Implement event-driven and message-based architectures
Write clean, testable code and champion engineering best practices
Collaborate across teams to deliver features that impact our global dealer network
Troubleshoot production systems and drive performance improvements
Mentor teammates and contribute to technical decision-making
Implement state management for complex multi-step processes
Create responsive designs that work seamlessly across devices