Staff Engineer - Backend
Core
Design and own large-scale backend services and ingestion pipelines for fleet safety data, ensuring reliability and compliance for commercial transportation fleets.
Role type
Staff Backend Engineer (Distributed Systems & Data Ingestion)
Builds
High-throughput ingestion pipelines, platform services, and data workflows for video, sensor, and telematics data.
Domain
Transportation / Fleet Safety / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Java, Spring Boot, Distributed Systems, Kafka/Kinesis/Pulsar, System Design, Data Modeling, Observability
Preferred skills
High-throughput ingestion systems, Compliance-heavy domains, Edge computing, Telematics/ELD experience
Responsibilities
Own architecture and evolution of platform services within NELD and/or Ingestion; Design scalable ingestion pipelines for logs, telematics, and event data; Define data models and partitioning strategies for hot and cold data; Mentor engineers on system design and distributed systems; Champion best practices in logging, monitoring, tracing, and alerting.
Seniority
Staff, technical leadership & hands-on ownership
