Junior Cloud Backend Engineer

Description

We build large-scale industrial IoT software systems that ingest, process, and analyze data from hundreds of thousands of connected devices. We're looking for a Junior Cloud Backend Engineer to help modernize the heart of our cloud platform—the APIs, telemetry ingestion pipeline, and backend services that power our products. This is a highly hands‑on engineering role for someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, modernizing legacy systems, and building reliable, scalable cloud services.

You'll work alongside a small team of senior engineers to safely migrate critical production systems from a legacy PHP environment to modern serverless architectures while sharing responsibility for the operational health, reliability, and scalability of our platform.

Technologies We Use: AWS, Serverless Architectures (Lambda, API Gateway), PHP (legacy), Python, Node.js, SQS / Kinesis / MQTT / event-driven systems, PostgreSQL / MySQL / DynamoDB / time-series databases, Terraform, Git Hub Actions, Observability and logging platforms, and more.

We are a leading provider of wireless, mesh-networked, "Internet of Things" (IoT) sensors for industrial environments. Our cost-effective, plug-and-play products empower plants of all sizes to conduct predictive and preventative maintenance on mission-critical and secondary equipment in order to maximize uptime. Our innovative sensors, machine learning, services, and solutions have been revolutionizing this industry for the past 15 years.

Reports to: Principle Software Architect

Location: Huntsville, AL

Travel: Minimal travel required

Work Authorization: Must be authorized to work in the U.S. Sponsorship is not available at this time

Exemption Status: exempt

This position will give you the opportunity to:

• Engineer the core backend platform, including the API tier, telemetry ingestion pipeline, and supporting cloud services
• Modernize a legacy PHP application by migrating services incrementally to a serverless architecture using safe, low‑risk deployment strategies
• Read, understand, and improve existing production systems while ensuring uninterrupted service for customers
• Design and build highly reliable APIs, backend services, and scalable data ingestion pipelines
• Rebuild sensor‑data ingestion using durable, replayable streaming architectures to improve reliability and disaster recovery
• Develop characterization tests and leverage record‑and‑replay validation techniques to ensure migration accuracy before production deployment
• Contribute to Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and observability to improve platform reliability and operational excellence
• Participate in the team's on‑call rotation and troubleshoot production systems you own
• Leverage AI‑assisted development, testing, and code review to improve engineering productivity and software quality
• Partner closely with platform, frontend, AI, and firmware engineering teams to deliver cohesive, scalable solutions
• Carry out additional responsibilities as needed to support business objectives

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent hands‑on experience
• Foundational knowledge of backend software development through internships, co‑ops, coursework, or personal projects
• Familiarity with cloud technologies, preferably AWS services such as Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, Kinesis, RDS, or DynamoDB
• Ability and willingness to learn, maintain, and help modernize existing…