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Software Engineer - Backend

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9 months ago
San Francisco, CA, USAMid Level / Senior
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Responsibilities

  • Architect and operate distributed, Linux-based systems across edge and cloud environments.
  • Design scalable pipelines for streaming, storing, and processing video and sensor data.
  • Build containerized services using Docker/Kubernetes for deploying workloads at scale.
  • Develop observability systems for monitoring, logging, and alerting across edge nodes and cloud infrastructure.
  • Optimize video ingestion, transcoding, and upload pipelines for reliability in bandwidth-constrained environments.
  • Implement highly-available infrastructure for real-time alerting, APIs, and customer-facing event systems.
  • Collaborate with hardware, perception, and application teams to support rapid iteration and scale.

Requirements

  • Deep experience with databases, storage, and caching technologies like PostgreSQL and Redis.
  • Expertise in building and maintaining real-time streaming and event systems such as WebRTC or Kafka.
  • Strong experience in designing and securing cloud infrastructure using AWS, GCP, or Azure.
  • Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform and container orchestration with Kubernetes.
  • Strong knowledge of distributed systems principles including replication and fault recovery.
  • Familiarity with video pipelines and transcoding formats is a plus.
  • Prior experience scaling edge-to-cloud systems or working in robotics and IoT is a bonus.