Backend Software Engineer

Raydar is recruiting on behalf of an unnamed technology-company client. The Backend Software Engineer will own backend services, interfaces, and data storage for a cloud platform, taking work from design through production operation.

Responsibilities

Build and run cloud-hosted services that collect, transform, persist and serve data coming from remote equipment

Take charge of initiatives that cut across repositories in a mature codebase, fixing defects, restructuring code and strengthening it as load grows

Collaborate with a manager and with colleagues focused on user interfaces so that dependent applications and operators get the interfaces they need

Write server-side code and interfaces in Python and TypeScript that bridge field equipment on unreliable networks and the tools people use to oversee it

Drive schema and database design for operational and device-derived data, carrying it from first sketch to production launch

Release, observe and troubleshoot workloads on AWS, raising resilience, capacity, visibility and tolerance for late or partial data

Preferred

Background owning production cloud or distributed services from build to operation

Exposure to robotics, aerospace, IoT or other systems that interact with the physical world

Familiarity with live data feeds, telemetry or location-based data

Cloud Services Operations

Production Service Lifecycle

Robotics

Aerospace

IoT

Cyber-Physical Systems

Live Data Feeds

Telemetry

Location-Based Data

Benefits

Equity

Hybrid, 3 days per week in the office

Company

Recruitment support for crypto and Web3 companies

Santa Monica, California, US

http://raydar.xyz/

Founded in 2021

11-50 employees

Qualifications

Solid proficiency in both Python and TypeScript

A bachelor's degree

About 4 to 8 years of experience running production cloud and distributed systems; more senior engineers with relevant hands-on skills are also welcome

Track record of working through unfamiliar older code across several repositories with a high degree of independence

Strong backend and database fundamentals, including API and distributed service design and data modeling

Experience with AWS or another major cloud provider

Comfort working in the defense industry

Background owning production cloud or distributed services from build to operation

Exposure to robotics, aerospace, IoT or other systems that interact with the physical world

Familiarity with live data feeds, telemetry or location-based data

About 4 to 8 years of experience running production cloud and distributed systems; more senior engineers with relevant hands-on skills are also welcome.

Required skills

Python, TypeScript, AWS, Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems, Backend Development, API Design, Data Modeling, Database Design, Defense Industry, IoT, Telemetry

Experience

4+ years