Silicon Valley technology for the country's most critical national security problems

Backend Engineer – Platform Data

Backend EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 11-50Since 2019H1B No SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

31 days ago

Salary

$150K - $215K / year

7 yrs expEnglishAWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetes

Job Description

• Drive the design, implementation, and evolution of core platform infrastructure and shared services. • Lead mission-critical projects to build and scale foundational platform capabilities. • Work closely with engineers across the organization to adopt shared infrastructure and evolve existing and new products. • Partner with security and Mission stakeholders to help define and enforce standards for access, data protection, and system integrity. • Influence architecture, technology selection, and engineering standards across the company. • Grow your engineering skills by solving complex, high-impact technical problems in platform and infrastructure systems.

Job Requirements

7+ years of hands-on experience building core product infrastructure and distributed systems that support and empower product engineering teams.
Strong system design skills and can make thoughtful tradeoffs around performance, reliability, scalability, and cost.
Experience leading technical initiatives that span multiple teams and systems, and driving adoption through influence.
Contributed to systems operating at meaningful technical and organizational scale.
Experience with modern cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, and containerized environments like Docker and Kubernetes.
Experience working on secure systems that handle sensitive data and operate under strong security requirements.
Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts to a broad audience, including engineers, cross-functional partners (e.g., product and design), and end users.
U.S. Person status is required as this position will require the ability to access U.S. only data systems.

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision insurance
Remote friendly with WeWork access
Unlimited PTO, shared downtime during the federal holiday calendar, and company-wide off time at the end of each year
401(k) match
Lifestyle & wellbeing stipends
Salary top-up during military reserve duty
Fully paid parental leave
Child and pet care reimbursement during travel