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Location: DEARBORN, Michigan (Hybrid) 4 days per week in office

Employees in this job function are responsible for designing, building, and operating high-throughput backend systems that ingest, process, and serve large volumes of telematics data from connected vehicle fleets. They work at the intersection of distributed systems, data engineering, and API development, delivering reliable, low-latency services that power fleet intelligence products for commercial and enterprise customers.

• Design and develop scalable, high-performance backend services and APIs that process and expose telematics data, including GPS, trip events, driver behavior, vehicle diagnostics, and sensor telemetry, at fleet scale.
• Build and maintain real-time and batch data pipelines that ingest high-volume vehicle event streams from messaging systems (e.g., Pub/Sub, Kafka) into data warehouses and operational stores.

• Education: Bachelor's Degree
• Experience: 7+ years in IT, with 5+ years in development. Experience in two coding languages or advanced practice in one language.

• GCP: Design, deploy, and manage workloads on GCP (Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, IAM, VPC networking, Cloud Composer, etc.), including provisioning infrastructure, configuring security/access controls, and troubleshooting performance or cost issues in production. (3+ years)
• Big Data: Design and optimize data pipelines and storage architectures for large-scale datasets using tools such as Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, or Dataflow; understanding of distributed computing, partitioning, and data lake/warehouse patterns. (3+ years)
• Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems: Build, train, and deploy machine learning models or rule-based expert systems to support decision automation (e.g., predictive maintenance, fraud detection, recommendation engines); familiarity with TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Vertex AI. (1+ years)
• API: Design, build, secure, and document RESTful (or GraphQL) APIs, including authentication/authorization (OAuth2, API keys), versioning, rate limiting, and integration with internal and third-party systems. (3+ years)
• BigQuery: Write optimized SQL queries in BigQuery; manage datasets/partitioning/clustering for performance and cost control; integrate BigQuery with BI tools (e.g., Looker, Data Studio) or downstream applications for reporting/analytics. (2+ years)

• Google Cloud Platform: Broader GCP ecosystem knowledge beyond core required skill, such as Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, GKE (Kubernetes), Cloud Build/CI-CD pipelines, or cost-optimization/FinOps practices.
• Languages: Kotlin, Java, Python, or equivalent JVM/backend language.
• Frameworks: Spring Boot, gRPC, REST API design.
• Data: BigQuery, PostgreSQL, Redis, Bigtable, Kafka or Pub/Sub.
• Infrastructure: GCP (or equivalent), Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines.
• Practices: TDD, MLOps-adjacent data pipeline patterns, database performance tuning, API versioning.
• Education: Certification Program.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

• medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection.
• ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure.
• HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan).
• SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions.
• Corporate discount savings program and other discounts.
• On-demand training program; access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure; certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.
• Dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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