Backend Software Team Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead and guide a team of backend engineers, ensuring execution and technical excellence.

• Oversee hiring processes, performance evaluations, career growth, coaching, and conduct regular one-on-one meetings.

• Establish engineering standards and steer architectural direction in collaboration with the Backend Tech Lead.

• Take ownership of the backend roadmap and delivery in partnership with Product and Engineering Leadership.

• Design, develop, and sustain scalable, highly concurrent backend services using Go.

• Architect distributed systems that ensure high throughput, reliability, and real-time operations.

• Define service boundaries, APIs, and data models effectively.

• Enhance systems for performance, scalability, resilience, uptime, and operational reliability.

• Identify and address bottlenecks in distributed systems and workloads that are heavy on concurrency.

• Collaborate with Frontend, Platform, Autonomy, and Embedded teams.

• Support comprehensive system design from edge devices to cloud infrastructure.

• Contribute to system-level architecture across the entire technology stack.

• Implement secure development practices.

• Uphold standards for code quality, testing, and documentation.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years of experience in backend or distributed systems engineering.

• Strong proficiency in Go and the development of highly concurrent systems.

• Demonstrated experience in people management, including managing, developing, and evaluating engineers directly.

• Experience in designing and operating distributed systems at scale.

• Strong skills in API design and system architecture.

• Familiarity with Kubernetes and containerized environments.

• In-depth understanding of performance optimization, data structures, and system design.

• Proven ability to drive projects from concept to production.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.

• Eligible to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance, if necessary.

• Nice to have: experience in IoT, robotics, or distributed hardware systems.

• Nice to have: solid networking fundamentals and debugging experience.

• Nice to have: experience with AWS or other cloud-based infrastructure.

• Nice to have: familiarity with embedded systems or hardware integration.

🏝️ Benefits

• 100% Employer paid Health, Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families.

• Life Insurance (Employer Paid).

• Opportunity to participate in the company's 401k program with matching.

• Unlimited PTO policy with a mandatory two-week minimum.

• Equity Package.

• Work/Home Office Stipend.

• Global Entry.

• 16 Week Paid Parental Leave.

• Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend.

• Bonus offered.

• Equity offered.