Back-end Software Development Senior Engineer
Fast Switch · MI
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Jul 12, 2026
MI
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior backend/cloud engineering role focused on building and automating the infrastructure behind a large-scale connected vehicle platform. Day-to-day work centers on Kubernetes cluster management (EKS/GKE), Terraform-based infrastructure as code, service mesh configuration with Istio, API gateway operations, and CI/CD pipeline development. The role suits engineers with deep cloud infrastructure experience across AWS and GCP who are comfortable owning production platform systems at scale.
Senior level · 5+ years · National
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
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Why we read it this way (7)
No work location or metro area is specified in the posting; CBSA fields are left blank. The role may be remote or on-site at an undisclosed client site.
The posting is from FastTek Global, an IT staffing firm, placing a consultant at a client (connected vehicle platform company). Employment type is not explicitly stated — it may be a contract/W2 engagement, but the posting also describes full-time benefits, so it is left as Unspecified.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's or Master's degree … or related field' but the overall framing ('5+ years of professional experience … Demonstrated experience shipping and operating production infrastructure') strongly implies equivalent experience is accepted; degree is therefore treated as not a hard gate.
SOC confidence is Medium: the role is titled 'Back-end Software Development Senior Engineer' and emphasizes writing automation code, Terraform modules, Helm charts, and CI/CD pipelines (pointing to 15-1252 Software Developers), but a significant portion of the work is cluster operations and infrastructure management (which could support 15-1244). The primary day-to-day work — building control plane tooling, IaC, and automation — tips the classification to 15-1252.
Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog appear together in the Must Have section as 'or equivalent'; Prometheus is used as the primary name with the others as alternatives.
The 'Additional Skills Preferred' section near the bottom (Terraform, Scripting, Helm, Cloud Platforms, Application Development Technologies) is a secondary preferred block from the staffing firm's own framing and overlaps with the client JD's required/preferred sections; skills already captured from the client JD sections are not double-counted.
GCP experience is listed under 'Highly Desired' / 'Experience Preferred', not the Must Have block, despite GCP migration being a core project goal.
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