Backend Software Engineer

Job Description:

Backend Software Engineer
Onsite in Foster City, CA | 5 days in office

In this role, you will:

• Migrate existing data infrastructure, specifically from PostgreSQL to DynamoDB (DDB)
• Split single databases into multiple sharded databases
• Design, deploy (using Terraform), and implement highly available and resilient systems, including adopting best practices to avoid single points of failure
• Contribute to long-term architecture, technology initiatives and technical roadmap
• Work cross-functionally with diverse engineering teams, Product and Program Management for successful delivery of solutions.
• Develop and adapt software on Kotlin and python microservices.

Qualifications:

• BS / MS in Computer Science or similar degree and/or 7+ years of relevant experience
• Experience successfully shipping large-scale backend services/ platforms to production
• Proficiency with Kotlin, SpringBoot, REST API design patterns, database technologies, caching mechanisms, and performance optimization techniques.
• Experience running production services using cloud infrastructure such as Kubernetes and Docker
• Deep experience with AWS, including IAM, DynamoDB (DDB), and PostgreSQL, for multi-region deployments and high availability
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience in transportation, robotics, logistics, or autonomous vehicles
• Experience with protocol buffers (protobufs) and gRPC
• Experience with Claude Code or other LLM based coding tools
• Experience with Observability frameworks and tools like Open Telemetry and Grafana.