Software Engineer

TEKsystems•Fort Worth, TX

49d•$100 - $200•Remote

About The Position

You will work on product engineering, platform engineering, and enterprise engineering initiatives that enhance efficiency, scalability, and reliability across our operations. This is a full-stack engineering role focused on designing and operating platform services such as messaging systems, microservices, data platforms, serverless runtimes, and customer-facing experiences. You’ll also apply AI/ML to develop scalable, highly reliable solutions.

Requirements

6+ years of programming experience in at least one software language, preferably Java and Spring Boot
5+ years of full software development lifecycle experience (coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, operations).
Expertise in distributed systems and technologies such as: Messaging frameworks (Kafka, RabbitMQ) API gateways SQL/NoSQL/Graph databases Caching systems Serverless platforms
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and DevOps practices.
Authorized to work in the U.S.
Minimum 6 years of software development or related experience in Java with Spring Boot
Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Experience participating in design reviews, incident retrospectives, or RFC processes.
Ability to learn new technical concepts and adapt quickly.
Experience as a mentor or technical lead.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with observability tools: Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry.
Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or related field.
Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Hands-on experience developing and operating large-scale distributed systems in production.
Familiarity with serverless runtimes and event-driven architectures.
Experience with developer tooling as a builder and/or user.
Knowledge of frameworks like React, Angular, Node.js, Spring Boot.
Interest in sustainable infrastructure and cost/resource optimization.
Candidates with experience at major tech companies are strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Own and deliver highly visible, innovative projects impacting core freight movement operations.
Drive technical and architectural vision for complex systems.
Design, implement, test, and deliver software across the full development lifecycle.
Develop APIs, automation, and tools to improve platform integration.
Build and maintain monitoring and alerting systems for services.
Collaborate with application teams to enhance reliability and performance.
Design and operate scalable systems across data centers, edge devices, and cloud environments.
Innovate in distributed computing and drive industry transformation.
Build solutions for high-speed, large-scale predictions on distributed systems.
Establish and maintain coding and design best practices.
Anticipate technical risks and design systems to mitigate them.