Software Engineer, Backend Developer, Cloud Engineer - Software

Job description

Hire Art is helping an on-demand, autonomous ride-hailing company find a Software Engineer to support the development and scalability of backend infrastructure and distributed systems powering autonomous fleet operations.

In this role, you’ll help modernize and scale critical backend services, databases, and cloud infrastructure to support high availability, resiliency, and long-term platform growth. You’ll work cross-functionally with engineering, product, and program management teams to design and deliver scalable microservices and cloud-native solutions.

The ideal candidate is a strong backend engineer with deep cloud infrastructure experience, distributed systems expertise, and a proven track record building and operating production-scale services.

As a Software Engineer, you'll:

Migrate and modernize backend data infrastructure, including transitioning services from Postgre

SQL to Dynamo

DB (DDB).

Design and implement scalable, highly available distributed systems and database architectures, including sharded database solutions.

Deploy and maintain resilient cloud infrastructure using Terraform and AWS best practices.

Contribute to long-term system architecture, technical strategy, and platform roadmap initiatives.

Develop, maintain, and optimize Kotlin- and Python-based microservices.

Build and support production backend services running within Kubernetes- and Docker-based environments.

Partner cross-functionally with engineering, product, and program management teams to deliver scalable technical solutions.

Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve complex production and infrastructure issues.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related discipline

7+ years of relevant software engineering experience

Proven experience designing, building, and shipping large-scale backend services or platforms into production environments

Strong proficiency with Kotlin, Spring Boot, REST API development, database technologies, caching strategies, and performance optimization techniques

Experience operating production services using Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud-native infrastructure

Deep experience with AWS services, including IAM, Dynamo

DB, Postgre

SQL, and multi-region high-availability architectures

Strong understanding of distributed systems design and resiliency best practices

Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and debugging skills

Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

Bonus

Qualifications:

Experience with in transportation, robotics, logistics, or autonomous vehicle industries

Experience with Protocol Buffers (protobufs) and gRPC

Experience using Claude Code or other LLM-based coding tools

Familiarity with observability and monitoring frameworks such as Open Telemetry and Grafana

Benefits:

Pre-tax commuter benefits

Employer (Hire Art) subsidized healthcare benefits (eligibility begins on the first of the month following 60 days of service)

Flexible Spending Account for healthcare-related costs

Hire Art covers all costs for short- and long-term disability and life insurance

401k package

Commitment: This is a full-time, ongoing contract position staffed via Hire Art. It will be onsite and available to candidates who are local to the Foster City, CA area.

Hire Art values diversity and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. Unfortunately, we are not able to sponsor visas or employ corp-to-corp.