Senior Backend Architect & Tech Lead (Node.js, AWS)

Vontier Corporation; Simsbury (CT); Hybrid; USD 147,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Gilbarco Veeder-Root, a Vontier company, seeks an accomplished Software Engineer to design, build, and evolve backend cloud and web applications for fuel management and IoT platforms. You will provide technical leadership, architecture direction, and collaboration across frontend, QA, product teams, and stakeholders.

The role emphasizes Node.js, AWS, Kubernetes, MongoDB, and scalable, high-performance solutions with a strong focus on maintainability and best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, related field, or suitable combination of education, experience, and training.
• 10+ years of professional experience in commercial software development, with a strong specialization in full stack application development.
• Strong knowledge of architectural needs for web-based applications and ability to build and/or redesign them to meet current standards and business strategies/requirements/roadmaps.
• Experience working with MongoDB, including schema design and query optimization.
• Strong experience developing and supporting production systems using NodeJS.
• Experience deploying and operating applications in Kubernetes environments, including creating and configuring application infrastructure.
• Experience building and supporting solutions on AWS, including knowledge of services such as SQS, SES, and IAM.
• Strong understanding of unit testing and test driven development practices.
• Strong understanding of web application architecture, including the ability to design, build, and evolve systems to meet current standards and business roadmaps.
• Proficiency with source control systems and collaborative development workflows.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum software development environments.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with engineers, QA, product management, and other stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and support less experienced engineers through guidance, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.
• Sound product and user experience judgment, including awareness of customer impact, tradeoffs, and pragmatic decision making.
• Proficiency with Agile/Scrum software methodologies required.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, able to develop high quality documentation
• Full software development lifecycle experience: requirements analysis, design, implementation, test (unit and functional), deployment, maintenance, and support
• Proficiency with source control required.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and test backend-focused software elements for cloud-based and web-based applications.
• Architect and evolve back end application and system designs to align with current standards, scalability, reliability, and long term product roadmaps.
• Provide support to and partner with Front-End software engineer(s) on solutions, problem-solving, and setting processes and standards.
• Work as part of a team developing software in an agile methodology
• Develop software solutions for connectivity and IoT for our fuel management platforms
• Lead requirements analysis and definition of software architecture
• Design and optimize software for high performance, high availability, and low latency
• Write high quality, readable, and maintainable code with accompanying automated unit tests for both new and modified code
• Conduct peer design/code reviews and demonstrate software to stakeholders
• Collaborate with SQA, Product Service, development partners, and customers to monitor software performance, and investigate/resolve identified issues
• Provide technical leadership through code reviews, design discussions, and best practices.

Skills

Node.js

AWS

Kubernetes

MongoDB

Web architecture

Unit testing

Agile/Scrum

Communication

Mentoring

Full stack development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Gilbarco Veeder-Root, a Vontier company, seeks an accomplished Software Engineer to design, build, and evolve backend cloud and web applications for fuel management and IoT platforms. You will provide technical leadership, architecture direction, and collaboration across frontend, QA, product teams, and stakeholders.

The role emphasizes Node.js, AWS, Kubernetes, MongoDB, and scalable, high-performance solutions with a strong focus on maintainability and best practices.