Software Engineer - Backend

About the role

As a Backend Software Engineer on the Remote Assistance team, you will design, build, and maintain the core services and infrastructure that power our remote assistance platform for autonomous vehicles. You will create APIs, data pipelines, and backend systems that handle real‑time data streaming, command processing, and communication between vehicles and operator workstations.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy scalable, low‑latency backend services for remote‑assist session management and real‑time data streaming.
• Architect and implement cloud infrastructure across multiple AWS regions using technologies such as protobuf and gRPC.
• Implement the service data persistence layer with NoSQL databases like Redis.
• Build data pipelines to ingest, process, and store real‑time vehicle data.
• Collaborate with onboard software teams and front‑end engineers to ensure seamless end‑to‑end data flow.
• Ensure security, reliability, and resilience of the platform, handling network disruptions and failover.
• Optimize data serialization and transmission to minimize latency and bandwidth usage.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 2+ years of professional experience in web services software development and cloud infrastructure.

Required skills

• Protobuf
• gRPC
• AWS (multiple regions)
• Redis (NoSQL)

What we offer

• In‑office work environment with flexibility for occasional remote work.
• Opportunity to impact autonomous trucking and other self‑driving systems.
• Collaborative teams across hardware, software, and AI domains.