Staff Software Engineer, Backend
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Requirements
• Educated: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent technical experience. • Educated • Staff-level expertise in Infrastructure & Platform Engineering • Infrastructure & Platform Engineering • Proven track record of scaling cloud-native systems • cloud-native systems • Strong Python 3 expertise • Python 3 • Strong AWS expertise • Familiarity with event-driven architectures (Kafka or similar). • event-driven architectures • Hands-on experience with IaC tools (i.e. Terraform, CloudFormation), observability, monitoring, & incident response. • observability • monitoring • incident response • Optimization-Driven: • Proven track record of improving DevEx by leveling up tooling, pipelines, & automation. • DevEx • Experience improving monorepo developer workflows (Bazel, Buck, Pants). • monorepo • Security-Focused • Knowledge of compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, etc.) and how to operationalize them. • compliance frameworks • Experience leading security initiatives(i.e. hardening environments; building secure-by-default workflows) • security initiatives • Leader: A history of mentoring engineers and shaping technical direction across teams. • Leader • Experience with service mesh/container orchestration (Kubernetes, Istio, etc.). • Background in transportation systems (TMS, ELD) or other complex, mission-critical domains. • Experience implementing cost monitoring, forecasting, and optimization strategies to ensure infrastructure efficiency and cloud spend accountability • At Optimal Dynamics, our entire infrastructure runs on Amazon AWS, leveraging a wide range of services including DynamoDB, Aurora, SSM, and SQS to power our intelligent logistics platform. • Our tech stack includes: • Backend & AI: Python 3 and Java • Frontend: JavaScript/TypeScript for our web-based SPA • Data Stack: Trino, Dagster, dbt, DuckDB, and Preset • We follow modern development best practices with all code stored on GitHub. Every pull request undergoes thorough code reviews, is fully unit tested, and deployed through our CI/CD pipeline for continuous quality assurance. • $190,000 - $220,000 USD
Responsibilities
• Platform Architecture & Evolution: Design, implement, and scale core infrastructure to ensure reliability, performance, and security. • Platform Architecture & Evolution • Developer Experience (DevEx): Build and improve tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and workflows, optimizing developer productivity and minimizing friction. • Security & Compliance: Champion security-by-design principles, implementing controls that safeguard systems and data without slowing innovation. • Security & Compliance • Mentorship & Influence: Serve as a technical leader across teams, coaching engineers, and driving alignment on platform strategy. • Mentorship & Influence: • Collaboration: Partner with product and engineering leaders, balancing speed, cost, and resilience in every decision. • Collaboration:
Benefits
• Competitive compensation, including Series C level equity • Health / Dental / Vision 100% covered for employee and 50% for dependents • Life Insurance, with optional supplemental insurance • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) • Health Spending Account (HSA) • 401(k) with match • Unlimited PTO (vacation, personal days, sick days, jury duty, military leave, bereavement) • Paid Parental Leave for all employees • Short-term and Long-term Disability Insurances, and AD&D Insurance • Fitness membership reimbursement • Commuter benefits