Senior Software Engineer – Back End

Tillster • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

Tillster is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer – Back End to design, develop, and maintain cloud-based microservices. The role works closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software that meets business needs, applying engineering and architectural best practices, thorough testing, and modern AI developer tools. The engineer will help foster an agile, collaborative, high-performing development environment and contribute to the continued improvement of Tillster’s digital ordering and customer engagement platform.

The position focuses on building scalable, secure, high-performance services using AWS and TypeScript, while maintaining well-defined APIs and modular services. It also involves applying AI tools to accelerate development while carefully validating generated code, participating in testing and code review, and collaborating with stakeholders and product owners. Tillster provides access to learning courses and ongoing learning and development opportunities.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience designing and developing service-oriented applications in Java, Python, C#, TypeScript, or another modern language.
• Experience designing and building microservice-based systems with high cohesion and loose coupling.
• Experience implementing comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end testing strategies.
• Experience with relational or NoSQL data stores.
• Expertise in applying industry-standard design patterns and architectural patterns.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing.
• Experience working in an Agile environment, such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Understanding of software security best practices, including OAuth, JWT, and encryption.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a similar field, or equivalent experience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and a continuous-improvement mindset.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and handle ambiguity and changing requirements.
• Comfort using AI tools in daily development while critically validating code.

Nice To Haves

• TypeScript experience is preferred.
• Prior experience with AWS serverless and related technologies such as DynamoDB and SQS.

Responsibilities

• Build highly scalable, secure, and high-performance microservices using AWS and TypeScript.
• Apply software engineering principles, design patterns, and architectural best practices.
• Use AI developer tools to accelerate context gathering, boilerplating, test generation, and code refactoring, while validating outputs for security and correctness.
• Build and maintain microservices that communicate through well-defined APIs, ensuring modularity and scalability.
• Implement unit, integration, and end-to-end tests; work toward high test coverage and use test-driven development where applicable.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, contribute to sprint goals, and collaborate with the team.
• Conduct and participate in code reviews to promote coding standards, best practices, and maintainability.
• Participate in design sessions to improve the platform’s overall architecture.
• Work with stakeholders and product owners to understand requirements and develop solutions.
• Pursue continuous learning and contribute to a collaborative, high-performing development environment.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and flexible spending account benefits for eligible full-time regular employees and their dependents.
• Healthcare and Dependent Care reimbursement programs.
• Employee Assistance Program and Optum Care 24-hour confidential medical counseling services.
• Ten paid holidays per calendar year.
• Paid time off: 15 days during the first 12 months of continuous service and 22 days in subsequent years for full-time regular employees; eligible part-time employees receive prorated PTO.
• Eligibility to participate in the 401(k) Plan effective with the employment start date.
• College tuition and education assistance programs.
• Udemy learning courses and ongoing learning and development opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior