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Sr. Staff Backend Engineer AI-Native, Devices Cloud

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about 3 hours ago
Remote, Canada or Remote, United States
Senior / Staff+
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Base Salary

$217k - $319k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical architecture and long-term roadmap for Devices Cloud systems.
  • Define and drive system-level technical direction across multiple teams.
  • Lead AI-native engineering practices for Devices Cloud.
  • Partner with firmware, mobile, product, and platform teams to define APIs and integration standards.
  • Drive the architecture and delivery of large-scale, cross-team initiatives.
  • Anticipate system bottlenecks, failure modes, and security risks.
  • Mentor and grow Staff and Senior engineers across the team.
  • Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to influence organizational priorities.
  • Represent the team in cross-functional forums and produce architectural documentation.
  • Participate in on-call rotation and lead high-severity incident response.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience designing and operating large-scale backend or cloud infrastructure systems.
  • Demonstrated track record of setting technical direction across teams.
  • Deep expertise with cloud-native infrastructure and distributed systems design.
  • Strong hands-on experience with agentic AI workflows.
  • Proven ability to mentor Staff and Senior engineers.
  • Exceptional communication skills for diverse audiences.
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity and manage competing priorities.
  • Experience with high-frequency ingest systems and streaming platforms.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in a Technical field or equivalent experience.

Benefits

  • Competitive pay and benefits.
  • Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans.
  • 401(k) plan with company matching in the US.
  • Flexible PTO and several company-wide days off.
  • Winter and Summer week-long synchronized company shutdowns.
  • Learning & Development programs.
  • Equipment and tools support for a productive remote environment.
  • Free Life360 Platinum Membership for your preferred circle.
  • Free Tile Products.

Tech Stack

Amazon DynamoDBApache KafkaAWSDatadogGrafanaPrometheus

Categories

AI & MLBackendEmbedded