Software Engineer - Backend & Platform Systems
Core
Design and scale high-throughput backend services and distributed platform infrastructure for Physical AI systems.
Role type
Senior IC backend and platform systems engineer
Builds
Event-driven architectures, asynchronous workflows, data-intensive services, and internal data tools
Domain
Physical AI, robotics, distributed systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
System architecture, event-driven design, distributed workflows, API development, operational excellence, engineering leadership
Preferred skills
Apache Kafka, NoSQL databases, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, distributed tracing
Technologies
AWS, Apache Kafka, Opensearch, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform
Responsibilities
Design and maintain fault-tolerant backend services, build robust processing pipelines for high-volume data streams, implement low-latency APIs, optimize system throughput and reliability, participate in design reviews and mentor engineers, lead projects through the complete software lifecycle
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
