Overview
On Site
Depends on Experience
Full Time
25% Travel
Skills
Python
API
Backend
Job Details
Are you a seasoned backend engineer with a passion for building scalable APIs and developer platforms? Join us as a Technical Leader where you ll architect and implement mission-critical backend systems that power real-time robotics, cloud infrastructure, and customer-facing integrations across industries from restaurants and hotels to warehouses and beyond.
What You ll Do
- Design & Build APIs: Lead the architecture and implementation of robust, versioned REST and gRPC APIs in Go, enabling real-time robot telemetry and capabilities.
- SDK Development: Create and maintain cross-language SDKs (starting with Go, expanding to Python and TypeScript) that offer intuitive, idiomatic interfaces.
- System Design: Own the design of scalable, reliable API services and define best practices for API governance, versioning, and lifecycle management.
- Observability & Reliability: Champion system health through metrics, tracing, alerting, and participate in an on-call rotation.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with robotics, infrastructure, and product teams to translate hardware events into clean, usable API contracts.
- DevOps & Automation: Automate CI/CD pipelines, testing, and deployment workflows to ensure safe, rapid delivery of backend services.
- Mentorship: Guide and mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and collaborative problem-solving.
What We re Looking For
- Experience: 8+ years in backend development, including 2+ years in a staff or technical leadership role.
- API Expertise: Proven track record designing and maintaining scalable APIs (REST/gRPC), with deep knowledge of API-first design, versioning, pagination, and Protobuf/OpenAPI specs.
- Technical Depth: Strong backend fundamentals in Go (or similar languages), with expertise in networking, concurrency, and distributed systems.
- Developer Focused: Passionate about developer experience, from intuitive API design to clear documentation and examples.
- Cloud-Native Skills: Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and deploying resilient services in production environments.
- Strategic Thinking: Ability to balance platform stability with product velocity, and drive long-term technical decisions.
- Adaptability: Thrive in fast-paced, high-ambiguity environments with a strong sense of ownership and impact.
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