Software Engineer

Job#: 3026746

Job Description:
About the Role

We are seeking a Software Engineer to build and deploy software that powers automation machines and/or large-scale device or robotic fleets. This is a software-first role-controls, PLC, or traditional automation experience is not required.

The focus of this position is on distributed systems, fleet-wide software deployment, orchestration, and operational reliability. You will develop production services that manage machine behavior at scale, coordinate rollouts, handle failures, and ensure systems remain observable and resilient in real-world environments.
Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop backend services that orchestrate and manage automation machines or device fleets
• Build systems for fleet-wide deployment, configuration, updates, and rollout management
• Implement fault detection, recovery workflows, and resilient system behavior
• Develop and maintain APIs and service interfaces used by machines and supporting systems
• Build strong observability into services (logging, metrics, alarms, tracing)
• Operate production systems, including on-call support, incident response, and post-incident improvement
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (software, systems, hardware, integration, operations)
• Write maintainable, well-tested code and participate in code reviews and design reviews

Required Qualifications

• Professional experience developing production services in Java and/or Kotlin
• Experience working with distributed systems or service-oriented architectures
• Strong understanding of reliability concepts such as timeouts, retries, idempotency, and failure isolation
• Experience developing and operating cloud-based services (AWS or equivalent)
• Familiarity with monitoring, alerting, and troubleshooting production systems
• Solid computer science fundamentals (data structures, concurrency, networking basics)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building or operating software for fleets, automation platforms, IoT systems, or large distributed device environments
• Experience with deployment pipelines and release strategies (e.g., phased rollouts, canary deployments)
• Hands-on experience with AWS services such as:
  • Compute and orchestration platforms
  • Messaging and event-driven systems
  • Storage and database solutions
  • Monitoring and logging tools
• Experience with event-driven or message-based architectures
• Exposure to systems that interact with physical devices or edge environments (software-level interaction only)

What Success Looks Like

• You can ship software reliably across a large population of machines or devices
• Systems you build fail gracefully, recover automatically, and are easy to debug
• You proactively improve reliability, scalability, and operational maturity
• You design services that perform consistently under imperfect, real-world conditions

Ideal Candidate Profile (Recruiting Notes)

Strong fits include engineers with experience in:

• Fleet or device management platforms
• Large-scale distributed backend systems
• Automation software platforms
• Cloud-native service development with production ownership

Key skill indicators:

• Fleet orchestration
• Deployment and rollout tooling
• Reliability engineering
• Java / Kotlin
• AWS
• Observability and incident response

Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join 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 ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an 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. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.