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 [email protected]. If you’d like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, please visit the US Department of Labor's website.
Skills Required
- 8+ years of backend development experience with distributed systems and microservices
- Strong background in Node.js and TypeScript
- Proven experience with PostgreSQL
- Proficiency with GraphQL
- Proficiency with TypeORM
- Proficiency with Nest.js
- Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills across software and hardware domains
- Ability to write clean code and effective automated tests
- Excellent spoken and written communication skills
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform and Helm
- Experience with RabbitMQ or other message brokers
- Experience with AWS infrastructure
- Experience with proprietary hardware or device integrations
- Ruby / Ruby on Rails experience
- Experience in retail and/or fuel & convenience industries
PAR Technology Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about PAR Technology and has not been reviewed or approved by PAR Technology.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Policies highlight unlimited PTO for many roles, paid holidays and sick time, and generous parental and family leave. Time-off flexibility is emphasized alongside hybrid/remote options.
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Retirement Support — Offerings include a 401(k) with company matching and access to retirement-oriented savings programs. Financial benefits are presented as part of a comprehensive total rewards package.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — The benefits suite includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, mental health support through an EAP, wellness days, and fitness/wellness reimbursements. Additional perks such as stipends, snacks, and flexible work arrangements support day-to-day wellbeing.
PAR Technology Insights
What We Do
PAR is a leading global provider of software, systems, and service solutions to the restaurant and retail industries. Today, with 50+ years of experience and point of sale systems in nearly 100,000 restaurants and more than 110 countries, PAR is redefining the point of sale through cloud software and bringing technological innovation to all corners of the enterprise. PAR Technology Corporation's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol PAR. For more information, visit www.partech.com. PAR Technology was founded in 1968 and its current CEO is Savneet Singh. Since its inception 55 years ago, PAR Technology has grown to 1500 employees.
Why Work With Us
At PAR, we believe we’ll win or lose through the culture we build. Our culture is built on 4 values: Speed, Ownership, Focus and Winning Together. For PAR to win, we need our customers, our employees, our suppliers, our shareholders, and our community to succeed. We believe by committing to these values in all our endeavors.
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