Senior Back End Cloud Engineer

Welcome to Ziosk, where we empower restaurants to focus on what matters most: the guest experience!

Have you ever used a tablet to pay at a restaurant? We pioneered the pay-at-the-table concept and we’re cooking up a plan to transform the restaurant industry. Our recipe for success has been adapting and growing to exceed the needs of our clients, such as Olive Garden, Texas Roadhouse, Chili’s and more – helping them create an experience that keeps guests coming back. Today we have a full menu of solutions, from hardware to software to cloud-based and AI driven products, all focused on helping them create the best guest experience possible to grow their bottom line.

Our secret sauce? Our people! Every day, they’re cooking up bold solutions, making Ziosk the leading pay-at-the-table provider in the industry.

Want a seat at our table? Ziosk is looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer with deep experience in Microsoft Azure to design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performing backend systems. This role will focus on developing cloud APIs, serverless functions, microservices, and data integrations that power our products and platforms.

The Main Course – Responsibilities

• Design and implement serverless cloud software using Microsoft Azure (e.g., Azure Functions and App Services).
• Develop RESTful APIs and microservices using .NET Core.
• Utilize Azure services such as Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Azure Storage, Service Bus, EventHub, and Key Vault.
• Collaborate with front-end developers, architects, and DevOps to ensure seamless, scalable integrations.
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code following software engineering best practices.
• Participate in code reviews, performance optimization, and infrastructure decisions.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize backend performance and reliability using tools like Application Insights and Azure Monitor.
• Ensure high security and compliance standards using Azure Identity, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and encryption.
• Create and maintain documentation

What You Bring To The Table – Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years of Azure serverless development experience
• Strong knowledge of C#/.NET Core
• Experience building and securing high throughput APIs.
• Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g. SQL Server, Cosmos DB).
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, version control, and infrastructure as code.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Azure certifications such as AZ-204 (Developer), AZ-305 (Architect), or AZ-400 (DevOps).
• Experience with containerization (Docker, AKS).
• Familiarity with event-driven architecture
• Knowledge of authentication/authorization protocols (OAuth2, JWT, Azure AD).

Ziosk is an Equal Opportunity employer offering competitive benefits and compensation. Candidates must be eligible to work in the U.S. and be able to commute to Plano, TX daily. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. No agencies or third-party recruiters, please.