Senior Software Engineer – Backend, Cloud Services

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $110k - $135k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

☁️ Cloud Engineer

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📋 Description

• Lead the technical design, implementation, and evolution of backend and cloud services for Hunter’s AWS-based IoT consumer application • Own backend architecture across APIs, service domains, data models, event-driven workflows, telemetry pipelines, AWS IoT Core integrations, and cloud/device communication patterns • Design, develop, deploy, and maintain Python-based AWS Lambda microservices, RESTful APIs, and backend services • Provide player-coach technical leadership through design reviews, code reviews, mentoring, implementation guidance, and hands-on development • Define and document architecture patterns, API contracts, data flows, service boundaries, schema standards, integration patterns, and operational expectations • Lead cross-functional technical alignment with firmware, mobile, QA, DevOps, Product, Security, and consultant teams • Design and implement AWS IoT Core and telemetry architectures, including secure device connectivity, MQTT communication, Device Shadows, command processing, device synchronization, event ingestion, and fleet-scale operational patterns • Own backend service logic, data models, and automation workflows supporting irrigation scheduling, user preferences, environmental conditions, offline behavior, provisioning, notifications, firmware workflows, reporting, analytics, and AI/ML-supported recommendations • Ensure production readiness through monitoring, alerting, structured logging, testing, CI/CD integration, deployment safety, incident response, root-cause analysis, and operational runbooks • Implement secure backend and cloud practices, including authentication, authorization, access controls, data protection, secrets management, least-privilege permissions, and secure device communication • Troubleshoot and resolve complex production and integration issues • Lead technical planning by translating requirements and architectural goals into implementation plans, estimates, sequencing, and delivery milestones • Establish and improve backend engineering standards, including coding practices, Terraform module patterns, testing expectations, review processes, documentation, and reusable implementation patterns • Guide long-term backend and cloud roadmap decisions involving scalability, service decomposition, technical debt, cost optimization, multi-environment strategy, and future connected device capabilities • Review and validate technical deliverables from engineers, consultants, and vendor partners • Focus on the voice of the customer and continuously improve products and services

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field, or a combination of education and relevant work experience • Minimum six years of professional software engineering experience, including four years designing and operating backend/cloud systems in production • Experience leading technical design for distributed, serverless, event-driven, or IoT-connected systems highly preferred • Advanced proficiency designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining production backend services using Python • Strong hands-on experience building AWS Lambda microservices, REST APIs, event-driven workflows, and serverless backend systems • Hands-on experience with Terraform or similar Infrastructure-as-Code tools • Strong working knowledge of AWS services including Lambda, API Gateway, AWS IoT Core, Device Shadows, EventBridge, SQS, DynamoDB, Aurora/RDS, S3, CloudWatch, IAM, and Secrets Manager • Experience designing scalable backend architectures, service boundaries, API contracts, data flows, database models, and integration patterns • Strong understanding of AWS IoT Core, MQTT communication, Device Shadows, IoT Rules, telemetry ingestion, command processing, secure device connectivity, and fleet-scale device communication • Strong database design skills across SQL and NoSQL systems, including schema design, indexing, query optimization, data modeling, and performance considerations • Experience implementing secure backend systems, including authentication, authorization, OAuth/OIDC, JWT, IAM policies, least-privilege access, secrets management, data protection, and secure API design • Ability to evaluate technical tradeoffs involving scalability, cost, performance, reliability, security, observability, maintainability, and delivery speed • Experience with testing, CI/CD, code quality practices, automated deployment, structured logging, monitoring, alerting, troubleshooting, and production support • Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership as a player-coach through hands-on development, design reviews, code reviews, mentoring, implementation guidance, documentation, and reusable engineering patterns • Ability to collaborate effectively with firmware, mobile, QA, DevOps, Product, Security, consultants, and other cross-functional partners • Must reside within the United States • Must be willing to work Pacific Time business hours and travel to California 2–3 times per year

🏖️ Benefits

• FUN company events • Company donation matching and volunteer rewards • Career development opportunities • Profit sharing bonus

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