Senior Software Engineer R & D - Solutions

Speria; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Speria delivers operational intelligence solutions for food systems, helping producers and integrators improve efficiency, build predictability and enable greater productivity. This means improving feed conversion, reducing waste and emissions, and supporting animal health and welfare.

We are seeking a seasoned software engineer to design, build, and evolve backend services, cloud-native patterns on Azure, and impactful internal tooling while mentoring teammates and shaping robust systems.

Qualifications

• B.S. in CS or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years building production software; strong C#/.NET (ASP.NET Core, Web APIs).
• Azure experience with App Service/Functions, Service Bus, Storage, SQL/Cosmos DB.
• Solid design fundamentals (DDD/SOLID), async/distributed systems, performance profiling.
• CI/CD with Azure DevOps (pipelines, environments).
• Practical security/auth: OAuth 2.0/OIDC, service-to-service auth, secrets management.
• Proficient written/spoken English for specs, design reviews, and cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design and build backend services and internal libraries in .NET/ASP.NET Core; evolve prototypes into reliable, observable services.
• Build quick POCs for agents/workflows using Semantic Kernel (function calling, plugins, tool orchestration, prompt/version management, RAG).
• Implement cloud-native patterns on Azure (App Service/Functions, Storage, Service Bus, Azure SQL/Cosmos DB) with CI/CD in Azure DevOps.
• Ship high-quality Angular components and internal tooling (Nx monorepo, Jest/Cypress).
• Contribute through design docs, code reviews, and mentorship; raise the bar on reliability, performance, and developer experience.

Skills

C# / .NET

Azure cloud

DDD / SOLID

CI/CD Azure DevOps

English communication

Education

B.S. in CS or related field

Tools

ASP.NET Core

EF Core

Cosmos DB

Azure SQL

Semantic Kernel

Azure Service Bus

Job description

What You’ll Do

• Design and build backend services and internal libraries in .NET/ASP.NET Core; evolve prototypes into reliable, observable services.


• Build quick POCs for agents/workflows using Semantic Kernel (function calling, plugins, tool orchestration, prompt/version management, RAG).


• Implement cloud-native patterns on Azure (App Service/Functions, Storage, Service Bus, Azure SQL/Cosmos DB) with CI/CD in Azure DevOps.


• Ship high-quality Angular components and internal tooling (Nx monorepo, Jest/Cypress).


• Contribute through design docs, code reviews, and mentorship; raise the bar on reliability, performance, and developer experience.

Required Qualifications

• B.S. in CS or related field (or equivalent experience).


• 5+ years building production software; strong C#/.NET (ASP.NET Core, Web APIs).


• Azure experience with at least two: App Service/Functions, Service Bus/Queues, Storage, Azure SQL (EF Core), Cosmos DB, Key Vault.


• Solid software design fundamentals (DDD where it helps, SOLID), async/distributed systems, and performance profiling.


• CI/CD with Azure DevOps (pipelines, environments).


• Practical security/auth: OAuth 2.0/OIDC, service-to-service auth, secrets management.


• Proficient written/spoken English for specs, design reviews, and cross-team collaboration.

Nice to have

• Semantic Kernel in production (plugins/tools, agentic patterns), Azure OpenAI or other LLM providers; RAG with Azure AI Search.


• Angular (v15+), RxJS, Nx; Ionic for mobile.


• Messaging & jobs: NServiceBus, Azure Service Bus, Hangfire/Durable Functions.


• Observability: Application Insights, OpenTelemetry.


• Data/analytics: SQL tuning, Power BI Embedded, Databricks/Spark.


• Feature flags (LaunchDarkly), domain eventing, multi-tenant SaaS experience.

Speria delivers operational intelligence solutions for food systems, helping producers and integrators improve efficiency, build predictability and enable greater productivity. This means improving feed conversion, reducing waste and emissions, and supporting animal health and welfare.