SOFTWARE ENGINEER, BACKEND

We\'re looking for a highly skilled Backend Engineer to join our deep tech team. You\'ll play a critical role in designing, building, and scaling our backend systems that power real-time geospatial telemetry processing and autonomy. Your work will directly impact system performance, reliability, and scalability across our cloud infrastructure.

What You\'ll Be Doing

• Design, build, and maintain high-performance backend services in Rust


• Develop distributed systems and event-driven architectures using NATS JetStream and Redis


• Architect and optimize PostgreSQL databases for high throughput and low latency


• Implement WebSocket-based cloud messaging for real-time client updates


• Design APIs, SDKs, and data ingestion pipelines for geospatial and telemetry data


• Collaborate on partner and customer integrations, ensuring seamless interoperability with external systems


• Lead efforts around system scalability, fault tolerance, and observability


• Collaborate cross-functionally with data and platform engineers to evolve the system architecture


• Write clean, well-tested, maintainable code with clear documentation


• Participate in architectural reviews and performance profiling to ensure system robustness

Technical Requirements

Required

• Strong proficiency in Rust, with production-level experience


• Solid understanding of distributed systems, streaming architectures, and concurrency


• Hands-on experience with Redis and NATS JetStream (or similar message brokers like Kafka)


• Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL schema design, indexing, and query optimization


• Experience implementing WebSocket or similar bi-directional communication systems


• Deep understanding of software architecture, system design, and scalability patterns


• Familiarity with containerization and cloud deployment (Docker, Kubernetes, or similar)

Preferred

• Experience in real-time data processing or geospatial telemetry systems


• Familiarity with distributed tracing, metrics, and observability frameworks


• Background in performance tuning and low-latency service design


• Understanding of security best practices and authentication/authorization patterns

Our Stack

Language

Rust

Data Layer

Streaming/Messaging

NATS JetStream

Infrastructure

WebSocket-based messaging, containerized microservices

Cloud

What We\'re Looking For

We\'re after an engineer who thrives in ambiguity and moves fast — someone who doesn\'t wait for specs but architects, optimizes, and builds systems that scale under real-world load.

• Think in terms of systems, not features


• Can take an undefined problem and architect a robust, scalable solution


• Are motivated by performance, reliability, and clean design


• Thrive in a high-autonomy, high-impact startup environment


• Want to help define the technical backbone of a next-generation autonomy platform

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance: 100% of premiums covered for employees, 80% for dependents


• Compensation: Competitive salary with performance-based bonuses


• Equity: Stock options offering real ownership in what you\'re building


• Retirement: 401(k) plan


• Insurance: Life, short-term, and long-term disability coverage


• Perks: Free daily lunch and dinner, with snacks and drinks stocked in the office