Lead Backend Engineer

Job Summary

As a lead software engineer at Aerovy, you’ll lead architect and deliver core components of our cloud platform, serving real-time applications across energy, IoT, telematics, and AI.

You’ll work on a modular extensible system that powers everything from EV fleets and battery platforms to electric aircraft and robotics. This is a hands-on, full-stack opportunity where you’ll own features end-to-end, from concept to launch, and work closely with a nimble, high-caliber team.

If you're excited about building high performance production systems, solving hard problems at scale, and shipping real value in a fast-moving environment, we’d love to talk.

Job Requirements:

Bachelor or Master of Science in Computer Science or related fields with 5 or more years of industry experience

Passion for finding and solving hard problems

Passion for learning and growing both technically and non-technically

Strong understanding of distributed systems, micro-service architectures, RESTful APIs, and event-driven systems

Extensive experience in Cloud/IaaC Infrastructure and Tooling preferably AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, AWS Batch, DynamoDB, CloudFormation/CDK, etc.)

Excellent communication skills and proven ability to convey complex ideas to diverse stakeholders in a concise and clear manner

Designed, developed and maintained high-performance services and software infrastructure using AWS or equivalent cloud services

Lead technical design and architecture discussions across multiple systems and teams

Championed engineering best practices, including CI/CD, monitoring, testing, and code quality

We are looking for a candidate with a proven track record shipping production systems to lead the development of a scalable, secure, and high-performance platform

Nice to haves:

Production experience in Cloud/IaaC Infrastructure and Tooling preferably AWS (EC2, ECS, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, CloudFormation/CDK, etc.)

Production experience in Docker/containerized applications

Production experience with near real-time/real-time analytics, time series databases

Production experience with MQTT

Responsibilities

You will play a key role in architecting solutions, mentoring engineers, and driving technical excellence across our cloud-native platforms.

You will be expected to function independently and proactively.

You will be routinely given requirements and be accountable to drive delivery end-to-end.

You will be expected to derive clear actionable engineering requirements from customer requirements, market data, and product strategy.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver business-critical features and services

Provide mentorship and guidance to junior and mid-level engineers

Own the reliability, scalability, maintainability, and performance of critical production systems

Contribute to the long-term technical vision and roadmap of our platform aligned with product strategy and business needs

About Us

Aerovy is a fast-paced startup building the digital infrastructure for the next generation of intelligent hardware. We help OEMs rapidly launch cloud-native software and services, turning physical systems into smart, connected platforms.

We started by electrifying airports. Now, we’re helping companies across aviation, mobility, and industrial sectors connect their hardware, orchestrate energy, and unlock new business models.

The Aerovy Story

Founded in 2022 to develop infrastructure for advanced air mobility

Spun out from Purdue University Aerospace Systems Engineering research

Backed by M25, Mudita Venture Partners, Flywheel Fund, Purdue Ventures, Quorum Capital Partners, Plug and Play, Knoll Ventures + more

Crossing 200k devices on the platform, growing fast!

Additional Notes

This is an in person role in Seattle with hybrid opportunities available on a case-by-case basis, offering flexibility while ensuring close collaboration with product, engineering, and business stakeholders.