Backend Engineer

At Viaduct, we use patented AI to discover hidden patterns in complex time series data – so manufacturers and operators of connected equipment can deliver transformative business results from their data, fast. On our platform we deliver solutions across the equipment lifecycle, from manufacturing productivity, manufacturing quality, service operations and fleet management.

Who You Are

You are an empathetic engineer. You pay attention to the long term implications of your design decisions and how they may affect future users of the application. Clarity is better than cleverness - simplicity is top of mind when writing code or designing new services. You know when to make the trade-off between getting work done and doing it perfectly.

About the Role

As a backend developer, you will build both the backend for new services, as well as develop the tools, frameworks, and environments that enable future backend engineers to excel. You will collaborate closely with the product team to ensure your service design is precisely aligned with our customers’ needs.

Responsibilities

Creating software design and architecture proposals

Planning, coordinating, and estimating the work and time required to deliver new features

Developing, deploying, and monitoring internal and customer-facing micro-services from code to Kubernetes

Implementing modern analytic and monitoring tools

Configuring CI to allow correct and rapid iteration on code

About You

3+ years of experience working a backend role

Experience as a tech lead or mentor

2+ years working with Go

Experience writing, building, and deploying your own Docker images

Experience working with analytic and monitoring tools, such as Sentry, DataDog, Mixpanel, New Relic, etc

Professional experience with Kubernetes

Bonus

Contributor to open source projects

Experience in the Automotive industry or a love of cars

Prior work in small, agile teams

Security and Privacy Responsibilities

Follow our policy and procedure documents related to security and privacy

Follow the guidelines in the Employee Handbook

Participate in new hire and annual training for security and privacy

Treat data security and privacy as one of your primary job responsibilities

Report Security Incidents you discover as bugs

Get approval from the Security Team before adding new 3rd party software to our codebase

Explicitly consider security implications when doing PR reviews