Software Engineer (Backend)
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- As a Backend Software Engineer on the Remote Assistance team, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the core services and infrastructure that power our remote assistance platform
- Your work will involve creating the APIs, data pipelines, and backend systems that handle real-time data streaming, command processing, and communication with both the autonomous vehicles and the human operator workstations
- This is a high-impact role where you will be instrumental in making autonomous trucking a reality by ensuring a reliable and scalable backend
- Design, develop, and deploy scalable, low-latency backend services for remote assist session management and real-time data streaming
- Architect and implement the cloud infrastructure for remote assistance including technologies like protobuf, gRPC across multiple AWS regions
- Design and implement the service data persistence layer using no sql databases like Redis
- Implement data pipelines to ingest, process, and store real-time data from autonomous vehicles
- Collaborate closely with onboard software teams and front-end engineers to ensure seamless end-to-end data flow
- Ensure the security, reliability, and resilience of the backend platform, including handling network disruptions and failover
- Optimize data serialization and transmission to minimize latency and bandwidth usage on the server side
- 2+ years of professional experience in web services software development and cloud infrastructure.
- Experience with cloud platforms ( AWS, GCP or OCI) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Hands-on experience with NoSQL databases (e.g., Redis)
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
- Strong proficiency in a backend programming language such as Go and Python
- Experience with distributed systems, microservices, and building scalable backend applications
- Experience in a startup or fast-paced environment
- Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway
- Experience leading projects end to end