Software Engineer – Backend, Cloud Services

Job Description: • Designs, develops, and maintains RESTful APIs connecting mobile and web applications to backend services. • Develops, refines, and maintains the irrigation scheduling engine, optimizing logic for water efficiency, environmental conditions, and user preferences. • Builds and manages database schemas, queries, and data models to support device telemetry, scheduling, user data, and analytics. • Integrates with AWS IoT Core to handle secure device connectivity, telemetry ingestion, command processing, and synchronization with the cloud. • Implements core business logic and automation for irrigation, notifications, and AI-driven recommendations. • Collaborates closely with the Machine Learning Engineer to integrate predictive models and automate decision-making based on environmental or device data. • Designs and maintains telemetry ingestion pipelines to process high-frequency data from connected devices. • Ensures backend systems meet performance, reliability, and scalability requirements through monitoring, testing, and proactive optimization. • Implements security best practices, data protection policies, and access controls across backend systems. • Writes unit and integration tests for backend services and collaborates with the QA/Automation Engineer to ensure coverage, CI/CD integration, and deployment quality. • Collaborates with frontend, mobile, and IoT engineers to deliver consistent and efficient user experiences. • Documents backend architecture, APIs, and data flows to support internal development and cross-team alignment. • Troubleshoots and resolves production issues, ensuring minimal downtime and high system availability. • Evaluates and adopts emerging backend technologies, frameworks, and design patterns to improve system performance and maintainability. • Focuses on the voice of the customer and continuously improves products and services to deliver meaningful user value. Requirements: • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field, or a combination of education and relevant work experience. • Minimum 2–4 years of experience developing backend systems, APIs, and database-driven cloud services in a production environment. • Proficiency in backend programming languages such as Python, Node.js, or Go in a production environment. • Hands-on experience with AWS services including but not limited to IoT Core, Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, RDS, S3, and CloudWatch. • Ability to write clean, testable, and maintainable code in a collaborative production environment. • Strong understanding of database architecture, indexing, and performance optimization (SQL and NoSQL). • Knowledge of IoT communication protocols (MQTT, HTTP, WebSockets) and secure communication methods such as mTLS. • Familiarity with event-driven, serverless, and microservice architectures for building scalable, cloud-connected systems. • Experience implementing authentication and authorization frameworks (OAuth 2.0, JWT). • Understanding of DevOps practices, containerization, and CI/CD pipelines (Docker, Bitbucket Pipelines, GitHub Actions, or similar). • Strong debugging, problem-solving, and analytical skills. • Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams in an agile environment. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills. • Familiarity with Agile development practices preferred. Benefits: • Amazing corporate culture - we walk the walk when it comes to our values! • FUN company events! • Company donation matching and volunteer rewards • Career development opportunities and profit sharing bonus Apply tot his job Apply To this Job