SOFTWARE ENGINEER – BACK END
About The Position
Tillster is seeking a mid-level Back End Software Engineer 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 and follows engineering best practices, including design and architectural patterns and thorough testing methodologies. The engineer will also use modern AI developer tools to accelerate software delivery while critically validating generated code for security and correctness. The position contributes to an agile, collaborative development environment and participates in platform architecture discussions, stakeholder and product-owner collaboration, and ongoing learning. Tillster provides access to learning courses and development opportunities.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of experience designing and developing service-oriented applications in Java, Python, C#, TypeScript, or another modern programming language.
- Experience designing and building microservice-based systems with high cohesion and loose coupling.
- Experience implementing unit, integration, and end-to-end testing strategies.
- Experience with relational or NoSQL data stores.
- Expertise applying industry-standard design and architectural patterns.
- Effective English verbal and written communication skills.
- 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 integrating AI tools into daily work while critically validating code.
Nice To Haves
- TypeScript experience is preferred.
- Prior experience with AWS serverless technologies and related services such as DynamoDB and SQS.
Responsibilities
- Build scalable, secure, high-performance microservices using AWS and TypeScript, applying software engineering principles and design and architectural best practices.
- Use AI developer tools to accelerate context gathering, boilerplate creation, test generation, and code refactoring.
- Build and maintain microservices that communicate through well-defined APIs.
- 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, uphold coding standards and maintainability, and evaluate AI-generated code for security and correctness.
- Participate in design sessions to improve platform architecture.
- Work with stakeholders and product owners to understand requirements and develop solutions.
- Pursue continuous learning and skill development.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and FSA 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 earn prorated PTO.
- Eligibility to participate in the 401(k) plan starting on the employment start date.
- College tuition and education assistance programs.
- Udemy learning courses and ongoing learning and development opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
