Lead Backend Engineer

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Description

• Design and implement robust backend systems to support web interfaces. • Lead efforts to integrate third party systems with our API. • Improve the performance and reliability of our backend APIs and infrastructure. • Develop infrastructure deployment and replication models for AI-enabled edge devices. • Scale our backend systems 100x to support an expanding fleet of edge devices, customers, and internal human operators. • Research for new AI models and ML algorithms, and integrate them with our stack. • Critically assess and address infrastructure security risks for the entire stack. • Design and implement secure networking infrastructure to protect our customers’ data. • Build infrastructure configuration-as-code modules using Terraform. • Lead a mix of senior and junior engineers by example, establishing and maintaining best practices in backend development. • Lead design reviews and gather input from multiple teams to ensure high-quality outcomes. • Tackle challenging interdisciplinary problems within our deep tech stack. • Deploy changes with immediate impacts on our product, worldwide.

Requirements

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on backend development and best coding practices for Python, Go, Rust or equivalent. • Experience leading teams or managing projects. • Hands-on experience with Django or a similar web framework. • Experience with backend resilience, stability, and site reliability engineering (SRE) improvements. • Experience building and scaling high availability distributed systems. • Understanding of standard Observability tools such as Datadog, Cloudwatch etc. • Experience with IaC such as Terraform. • Hands-on experience with AWS and DevOps practices. • Expertise in networking and security protocols. • Knowledge of distributed systems and running hardware at the edge. • Experience with event streams, like kinesis or equivalent. • Experience with performance improvements of databases and APIs. • Passionate about delivering high-quality products that exceed user expectations. • Eager to work with, mentor, and learn from peers through code reviews, design documents, and pair programming. • Enthusiastic about diving into different areas of technology and problem-solving. • Must be authorized to work in the United States.