Cloud Backend Engineer

Responsibilities - Lead the implementation of extensions to the Signaloid Cloud Compute Engine backend - Be responsible for extending the testing and QA infrastructure of the Signaloid Cloud Compute Engine backend - Take the initiative to identify whether the quality level of your implementation meets both explicit and implicit design and quality objectives of the team - Deliver new functionality and tests on a regular release schedule and work with other parts of the engineering and commercial teams - Design, implement, and document improvements to the Signaloid Cloud Compute Engine API - Contribute to improving operational procedures in the engineering team Future Opportunities - Contribute to and lead the definition of the direction of the evolution of key parts of the Signaloid Cloud Compute Engine, either as an individual contributor or as a team lead - Gain increased autonomy and responsibility for strategy within the engineering team - Have the opportunity, based on performance, to take on new challenges within Signaloid Requirements - Undergraduate or master's degree in computer engineering, computer science, or a related discipline - More than three years of experience working as a backend or cloud engineer - Proficiency in one or more of: TypeScript, Go, or Python - Experience in implementing REST APIs and familiarity with writing API schemas - Experience in AWS core services (DynamoDB, Lambda, S3, VPC, EC2/ASG, SQS) - Experience deploying scalable, production-grade cloud applications - Experience with Git and proficiency in using Linux - Ability to work in an English-speaking environment - A willingness to listen to people until they feel understood - Honesty, empathy, and a willingness to see the world from the viewpoint of others Desirable Skills - Experience working at a startup - Experience with SOC 2 attestation and ISO 27001 certification - Experience with DevOps practices: CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and load testing (e.g., k6) - Ex J-18808-Ljbffr