Lead Backend Engineer

Aerovy • Seattle, WA

23d • $180,000 - $250,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

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.

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
• 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

• Play a key role in architecting solutions, mentoring engineers, and driving technical excellence across our cloud-native platforms.
• Function independently and proactively.
• Be routinely given requirements and be accountable to drive delivery end-to-end.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior