Software Engineer, Backend & Data
Vital Lyfe3 hours ago
Los Angeles, CA, USAMid Level / Senior
Base Salary
$120k - $150k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain pipelines that validate, store, and transform manufacturing test and production data into yield and failure views.
- Build, extend, and maintain backend services and system integrations on the company’s cloud platform.
- Own software end to end, including design, testing, shipping, debugging, and production operations.
- Improve internal tools that provide engineering and operations teams with real-time manufacturing visibility.
- Contribute to the manufacturing execution system, handheld floor app, and broader technical roadmap.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 2 to 4 years of professional software development experience.
- Experience building and maintaining backend services or production APIs.
- Strong programming fundamentals and deep experience with at least one modern language such as Python or TypeScript.
- Working knowledge of SQL and structured data.
- Ability to debug unfamiliar codebases independently and learn new systems quickly.
- Preferred qualifications include data-pipeline development, data validation and cleaning, React or similar frontend experience, dashboards or data visualization, AWS serverless and infrastructure-as-code experience, and ERP, MES, manufacturing, hardware-software integration, or IoT experience.
Benefits
- Be the first full-time hire on a new software team and help shape how the team works.
- Work on high-impact water-security and climate-resilience technology.
- Receive early ownership and build long-term career equity in a high-growth, engineering-led startup.
- Join a tight-knit, mission-driven team.
- The role is 100% onsite in Torrance, CA; remote and hybrid work are not considered.
About Vital Lyfe
Vital Lyfe builds portable water-making systems that desalinate and purify seawater and other sources for off-grid, emergency, and infrastructure-limited use. The privately held company sells hardware for disaster relief, remote communities, and field operations, and is headquartered in Hawthorne, California. Founded in 2024, it raised a $24 million seed round in 2025 to scale manufacturing of personal desalination devices.