Sr Software Engineer

Rite-Hite Corporation; Milwaukee (WI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with match

Paid holidays

Profit sharing

Job summary

Rite-Hite Corporation is seeking a Sr Software Engineer to contribute to enterprise-scale integration capabilities, REST APIs, and event-driven data flows. You will design data models, write production-quality code, and participate in code reviews to deliver reliable, scalable software across the platform.

Responsibilities include shaping the agent-first digital ecosystem, ensuring observability, and addressing production issues with durable fixes.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on software engineering delivering production systems.
• Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging.
• Designing and operating enterprise-scale integrations (REST APIs, webhooks).
• Ability to work independently and take initiative.
• Security fundamentals for APIs and data access.
• Proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript; React front-ends.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools preferred.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to enterprise-scale integration capabilities, REST APIs, webhooks, and event-driven data flows.
• Write production-quality code with tests and participate in reviews.
• Design and own data models underpinning services.
• Help shape the platform toward an agent-first digital ecosystem.
• Ensure observability, error handling, and resiliency in service design.
• Support production integration issues and drive root-cause analysis.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

React

AI tools

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Apigee

AWS API Gateway

Job description

## Sr Software EngineerApply: USA-WI-Corporate Headquarters: Full time: Posted Today: JR102583**At Rite-Hite, your work makes an impact.** As the global leader in loading dock and door equipment, we design and deliver solutions that keep our customers safe, secure, and productive. Here, you’ll find innovation, stability, and the chance to grow your career as part of a team that’s always looking ahead. **ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES****Integration and Platform Engineering*** Contribute to enterprise-scale integration capabilities, including REST APIs, webhooks, and event-driven data flows that enable automation.* Build and maintain services that ingest, transform, position, and expose data, optimizing retrieval for consumer purpose and access patterns. Design and own the data models that underpin these services.* Help design and transform the platform toward an agent-first digital ecosystem, enabling seamless interaction with internal and third-party agentic services.**Hands-On Development*** + Write production-quality code on an active delivery cadence, contributing directly to shared team deliverables. + Write and maintain unit, integration, and contract tests as a standard part of delivery. + Participate actively in code reviews, technical discussions, and design sessions through thoughtful input and a collaborative mindset. + Proactively explore new technologies, patterns, and approaches relevant to the team’s mission. + Contribute to customer-facing and internal interfaces as needed, delivering across the full stack when the team requires it. + Evaluate existing applications for scalability and maintainability. Communicate clear short-term and long-term options, including when to stabilize, when to invest, and the tradeoffs of each. + Sustain and support legacy solutions, keeping them stable and secure while contributing to the platform’s forward direction. + **Reliability and Operability** - Build services with observability, error handling, and resiliency as core design considerations. - Support troubleshooting of production integration issues, drive root cause analysis, and implement durable fixes. - **SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES**Individual contributor role focused on hands-on development and shared team deliverables.**QUALIFICATIONS****Required Qualifications** * 7+ years of hands-on software engineering experience delivering production systems. * Deep, practical experience with event-driven architectures, including messaging systems, publish/subscribe patterns, asynchronous workflows, and event sourcing concepts. * Proven experience designing and operating enterprise-scale integrations, including REST APIs, webhooks, data pipelines, and third-party service connectivity. * Demonstrated ability to work and deliver independently, take initiative, proactively explore unknowns, and operate without constant direction. * Solid foundation in security fundamentals applied to APIs, data access, secrets management, and integrations. * Proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript for backend service development, with the ability to contribute to customer-facing and internal web interfaces using React. * Active use of AI-assisted engineering tools, such as Copilot, Cursor, or equivalent, in daily development, with demonstrated judgment around validation, security, and code quality. * **Preferred Qualifications** + Experience with cloud-native platforms, preferably Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and distributed system design. + Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes for containerized service deployment. + Exposure to data analytics platforms and/or streaming systems, such as Pub/Sub, Kafka, BigQuery, or equivalent. + Experience contributing to teams working through modernization or platform-building initiatives. + Familiarity with API gateway tooling, such as Apigee, Kong, AWS API Gateway, Tyk, or equivalent, for managing and securing API traffic at scale. + Familiarity with enterprise integration patterns, including Saga, CQRS, the outbox pattern, and idempotency design, and when to apply them.**What We Offer**At Rite-Hite, we take care of our people – because when you’re supported, you can do your best work. Our benefits are designed to support your health, your future and your life outside of work:* *Health & Well-being:* Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus life and disability insurance. A robust well-being program with an opportunity to receive an extra day off and more.* *Financial Security:* A strong retirement savings program with 401(k), company match, and profit sharing.* *Time for You:* Paid holidays, vacation time, and personal/sick days each year.Join us and build a career where you’re supported – at work and beyond.Rite-Hite is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law.In accordance with VEVRAA, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for protected veterans.We are also committed to maintaining a **drug-free workplace** for the safety of our employees and customers.