Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Plume is a technology company providing an open, hardware-independent service delivery platform for connected spaces. The Senior Engineer will build scalable, high-performance backend systems and customer-facing products, designing APIs, cloud microservices, and data pipelines. The role also involves cross-functional collaboration, system reliability, security, and engineering excellence.
Responsibilities
- **API Development:** Design, implement, and maintain RESTful and gRPC APIs powering internal and external applications
- **Cloud Microservices:** Architect and deploy scalable microservices in AWS/GCP/Azure using Kubernetes and modern DevOps practices
- **Data Pipelines:** Build real-time and batch data pipelines, ensuring data accuracy, performance, and observability (EMR on EKS)
- **Collaboration:** Partner with cross-functional squad members to deliver features end-to-end, from concept to production
- **System Reliability:** Optimize services for scalability, resilience, and high availability
- **Engineering Excellence:** Contribute to architecture discussions, enforce coding standards, and drive best practices in CI/CD, testing, and monitoring
- **Security:** Embed security and compliance into backend systems and data workflows
Skills
- 3-5 years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong proficiency in Scala, Go, or Java and Python (experience with multiple is a plus)
- Proven experience with distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architectures
- Fundamental understanding of computer networking (including Wi-Fi), operating system, and database
- Hands-on expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)
- Familiarity with data engineering (ETL pipelines, real-time streaming with Kafka/Pulsar, batch processing frameworks)
- Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB)
- Solid knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK)
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in an agile, squad-based environment
- We are unable to offer sponsorship at this time
- Functional programming experience in Scala
- Experience with caching layers, distributed storage, and message queues
- Familiarity with AI-powered developer tools such as ChatGPT, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or similar to boost productivity
- Contributions to open-source projects or personal projects showcasing backend innovation
Benefits
- Up to 15% bonus
- Equity
- A 401k plan with company match
- Basic life insurance
- Health, dental, vision and other benefits and perks
- Remote work
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