Backend Developer

Join a pioneering team building regulatory and compliance-driven data solutions for a global satellite communications service. As a Backend Developer, you’ll blend data and software engineering, delivering greenfield projects and enhancing mission-critical systems. Collaborate with experts in a dynamic, growth-focused environment, and make a tangible impact on compliance across multiple jurisdictions., Design, implement, and optimize logical/physical data models and scalable ETL/ELT pipelines to consolidate compliance data.

• Build and maintain event-driven integration components, including AWS Lambda functions and Step Functions workflows.
• Develop robust backend services, APIs, workflow orchestrations, and dashboard backends to support regulatory needs.
• Write, test, and deploy clean, maintainable, and secure production code for critical systems.
• Implement rigorous data quality checks, validation, and monitoring for compliance-critical datasets.
• Enhance existing backend services to meet evolving compliance requirements and support new jurisdictions.
• Build components to handle sensitive regulatory data, ensuring encryption and access controls are enforced.
• Contribute to self-service analytics platforms by developing reporting tools and dashboards.
• Maintain and monitor production systems with comprehensive logging, alarming, and automated diagnostics.
• Participate actively in code reviews, design discussions, and Agile sprint ceremonies.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related field.

• 3+ years of data engineering, including data modeling, pipeline development, and data warehouse design.
• 3+ years professional software development experience building production backend services.
• Proficiency in Python, Java, or TypeScript.
• Advanced SQL skills.
• Strong experience with AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, DynamoDB).

Preferred Skills

• Event-driven architecture (Step Functions, EventBridge, SQS/SNS).
• Serverless development on AWS.
• Infrastructure as code (CDK, CloudFormation).
• Familiarity with regulatory compliance or telecommunications.
• AWS certification.

Work remotely or in Sunnyvale, CA.

• High-impact, greenfield development opportunities (60-70%).
• Exposure to advanced AWS and serverless technologies.
• Collaborative, expert team and supportive growth environment.
• Flexible 1099 arrangement.