Sr. Backend Software Engineer (NodeJS)

Department: Engineering

Location: Remote United States, Minneapolis, MN, Philadelphia, PA, New Hartford, NY, Austin, TX, Champaign, IL, Chicago, IL

Compensation: $140K – $160K

Employment Type: FullTime

For over four decades, PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE: PAR) has been a leader in restaurant technology, empowering brands worldwide to create lasting connections with their guests. Our innovative solutions and commitment to excellence provide comprehensive software and hardware that enable seamless experiences and drive growth for over 100,000 restaurants in more than 110 countries. Embracing our "Better Together" ethos, we offer Unified Customer Experience solutions, combining point-of-sale, digital ordering, loyalty and back-office software solutions as well as industry-leading hardware and drive-thru offerings. To learn more, visit partech.com or connect with us on LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, and Instagram.

Position Description:

We’re looking for a NodeJS Engineer who is passionate about building scalable, high-quality backend systems and enjoys collaborating across teams to deliver great product experiences. You’ll play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining services primarily written in Node.js, with exposure to Ruby, PostgreSQL, and potentially hardware-integrated systems.

Our technology bridges financial payment providers, retail fuel pump technology, and customer experience by wrapping low-level standards-compliant integrations with powerful software abstractions on an ultra-modern software platform. Our platform services and applications are built using a broad swath of technologies (Typescript, NodeJS, Ruby, React, and others), interconnected via GraphQL and RabbitMQ, and run in AWS using Terraform, Helm and Kubernetes (via EKS).

Position Location:

US Remote

Reports To:
Engineering Manager

What We’re Looking For:

• Strong background in Node.js/Typescript, PostgreSQL.

• Ability to analyze and resolve complex technical issues efficiently.

• A proactive mindset with a strong commitment to understanding and meeting customer needs.

• Excellent teamwork skills, coupled with an ownership mindset and the ability to work independently.

Why We Need You (Skill and Abilities)

• Proven expertise in Node.js (Typescript) and database management (PostgreSQL).

• 8+ years of backend development (with distributed systems and microservices) experience.

• Proficiency with GraphQL, TypeORM, and Nest.js.

• Hands on experience working with (and administering) K8S, message brokers (RMQ), APIs, especially proprietary hardware or device integrations is a plus.

• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills across software and hardware domains.

• Ability to self-organize and manage tasks in a fast-paced, ticket-driven environment.

• Ability to write clean code and effective automated tests to deliver high-quality system improvements

• Ability to break down larger requirements into small, self-contained changes to the system

• Excellent spoken and written communication skills

• Experience in the retail and/or fuel & convenience industries a plus

• Ruby/Rails experience a big plus

• Experience implementing or consuming GraphQL APIs a plus

Unleash your potential: What you will be doing and owning:

• Build and maintain backend services and API.

• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver end-to-end solutions.

• Investigate and resolve production issues and customer-reported bugs with a focus on root-cause analysis and long-term maintainability.

• Contribute to system design discussions and architectural decisions.

• Continuously improve code quality, testing practices, and development processes.

Interview Process:

Interview #1: Video Screen with Talent Acquisition Team

Interview #2: Video interview with the Hiring Manager (via MS Teams)

Interview #3: Video interview with the Team (via MS Teams)

PAR is proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. We also provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable laws. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, or for your role at PAR, please contact accommodations@partech.com. If you’d like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, please visit the US Department of Labor's website.