Senior Backend Engineer, Connected Vehicle & Telematics (GCP)

Location United States Start and end date 19 Oct 2026 – 25 Oct 2027 Indicative hourly rate $80 – 81/hr Respond by 22 Oct 2026 ### **Backend Software Development Senior Engineer (Connected Vehicle \& Telematics)** ### **Role summary / purpose** We are seeking a **Senior Backend Software Engineer** to design, build, and support high\-scale backend systems that power connected vehicle and fleet intelligence solutions. This role focuses on processing massive volumes of telematics and vehicle data, building APIs and data pipelines, and delivering cloud\-native solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The ideal candidate has strong experience with backend development, distributed systems, cloud technologies, API development, and large\-scale data processing. ### **Key responsibilities** * Design and develop scalable backend services and APIs for connected vehicle applications. * Build and maintain real\-time and batch data pipelines that process high\-volume vehicle telemetry data. * Develop services supporting GPS and location tracking, vehicle diagnostics, driver behavior analytics, trip and event processing, and sensor and telematics data. * Design and maintain cloud\-native solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). * Build integrations using messaging and streaming technologies such as Kafka and Pub/Sub. * Develop and maintain data warehouse solutions for analytics and reporting. * Partner with product, engineering, and business teams to deliver scalable fleet intelligence solutions. * Support CI/CD pipelines, application monitoring, and production operations. * Drive development best practices including testing, API versioning, performance optimization, and software quality. ### **Requirements – education \& experience** * 7\+ years of IT experience * 5\+ years of software development experience * Strong experience building large\-scale backend systems * Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field ### **Required skills** * Google Cloud Platform (GCP) * Backend API Development * Big Data Technologies * BigQuery * Data Warehousing * Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Integrations * Distributed Systems Architecture * Cloud\-Based Application Development * REST APIs * gRPC * OAuth 2\.0 Authentication * Event\-Driven Architecture * Data Processing Pipelines * Large\-Scale Analytics Platforms ### **Nice\-to\-have / preferred skills** * Kotlin * Java * Python * Other JVM\-Based Languages * Spring Boot * Docker * Kubernetes * Kafka * Google Pub/Sub * PostgreSQL * Redis * Bigtable * Vertex AI * Cloud Composer (Airflow) * Dataflow * Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) * CI/CD Pipelines * Database Performance Tuning * API Versioning Strategies ### **Employment details – type, location, hours** **Location:** Dearborn, MI (Hybrid \- 4 Days Onsite/Week, Monday\-Thursday) **Employment Type:** Contract **Requirements** ---------------- ### **Languages** * English — Professional working proficiency