Remote-First Backend Engineer - AWS IoT Telemetry Platform

PowerOptimal seeks a Backend Engineer to own and scale our IoT backend platform on AWS. You will work primarily on backend and platform development with occasional frontend tasks.

The role is remote-first, based in the Greater Cape Town area with monthly in‑person alignment. Responsibilities include building APIs, modernizing the telemetry pipeline from AWS IoT Core through Kafka to storage, and evolving our Timescale/Postgres databases while maintaining secure, observable services across the