Develop distributed, production-grade microservice systems and scalable data-processing infrastructure on Linux. Lead service mesh, contract-first API, gRPC, and Protocol Buffers initiatives; design fault-tolerant architectures and observability systems; operate containerized distributed platforms; and mentor junior and mid-level engineers. The role also emphasizes AI-assisted development, technical communication, and documentation, with preferred experience in industrial automation, monorepos, real-time processing, edge computing, and infrastructure as code.
Fresh has partnered with an AI Manufacturing Software company, we are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our team in developing distributed, cutting-edge applied AI systems.
What You'll Do
- Contribute to the architecture and development of production-grade distributed microservice systems running on Linux
- Drive technical initiatives to advance our service mesh, contract-first APIs, and inter-service communication patterns
- Build scalable data processing pipelines and high-throughput service infrastructure
- Design and evolve protobuf contracts and gRPC service definitions across the platform
- Provide technical guidance to junior team members
What We're Looking For
- 10+ years of professional experience developing distributed backend systems on Linux
- Deep curiosity for all software and systems architecture topics
- Expert-level Python programming and software architecture skills
- Strong system design skills with a focus on service boundaries, API contracts, and fault tolerance
- Fluency operating in Linux environments — comfortable living in the shell, reading logs, and reasoning about process, network, and filesystem behavior
- Excellence in technical communication and documentation
Required Technical Skills
- Expertise in prompt engineering and AI-assisted development as a daily practice — Claude Code, Augment, Copilot, or equivalent is a force multiplier in your workflow, not a novelty
- Expertise in designing and operating microservice architectures at scale
- Deep experience with gRPC and Protocol Buffers — schema evolution, streaming RPCs, interceptors, and contract-first development
- Proficiency with version control and CI/CD practices
- Experience with containerized deployments (Docker on Linux hosts), service discovery, and distributed computing
- Strong grasp of observability: distributed tracing, structured logging, and metrics
Highly Competitive Candidates Will Also Bring
- Previous experience in manufacturing, industrial automation, or quality control systems
- Experience with monorepo build systems (Bazel, Buck, Pants) and polyglot protobuf code generation
- Familiarity with backwards/forwards compatibility patterns and API versioning at scale
- Experience with real-time processing and edge computing constraints on resource-constrained Linux devices
- Experience with configuration management and infrastructure-as-code (Ansible, Terraform) for Linux fleet operations
Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Range $75/hr – $85/hr.
Fresh Consulting Austin, Texas, USA Office
98 San Jacinto Blvd, 4th floor, Austin, TX, United States, 78701
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