Senior Backend Engineer (Security & Fleet Platform)

Recruiting From Scratch•Alameda, CA

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Architect Motors is building a next-generation secure fleet management and financing platform powering electric motorcycles across emerging markets. The company combines connected vehicle infrastructure, secure cloud services, financing systems, and IoT technologies to enable intelligent fleet management while expanding financial access for underserved populations. By integrating physical hardware, cryptography, cloud infrastructure, and financial systems, Architect Motors is solving one of the most technically challenging problems in mobility technology. Backed by Architect Holdings with over $200M in committed funding and an allocated operating budget exceeding $6M, the company combines startup autonomy with strong financial stability. The engineering team is building the platform entirely from scratch, giving engineers exceptional ownership over architecture, infrastructure, and long-term technical direction. As the Senior Backend Engineer, you'll become the technical owner of the entire backend platform, designing secure APIs, authentication systems, cloud infrastructure, IoT communication layers, and fleet management services that connect directly with physical electric motorcycles operating in production. This is an opportunity to build a security-first platform from zero to one while working across backend engineering, cloud infrastructure, applied cryptography, distributed systems, and connected hardware.

Requirements

5+ years of backend software engineering experience
Experience building production backend platforms from zero to one
Experience designing secure production systems
Startup or early-stage engineering experience with significant ownership
Experience building scalable cloud-native backend services
Experience owning production systems throughout the full software lifecycle
Experience designing APIs supporting web and mobile applications
Expert-level Go or TypeScript experience
Strong backend systems design expertise
Deep understanding of authentication, authorization, encryption, and applied cryptography
Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure
Experience with Docker, containers, CI/CD, and cloud deployment
Strong database architecture and data modeling experience (SQL and NoSQL)
Experience with MQTT, WebSockets, messaging systems, or event-driven architectures
Experience integrating cloud software with hardware or IoT devices
Experience with secure device provisioning, hardware identity, or cryptographic key management
Strong API architecture and backend service development experience
Experience building highly reliable production systems
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical engineering experience preferred
Strong computer science fundamentals
Demonstrated expertise in backend engineering, distributed systems, or security engineering
Exceptional engineering ownership
Strong systems thinking
Excellent communication skills
High execution velocity
Comfortable working with ambiguity
Security-first engineering mindset
Strong collaboration across software and hardware teams
Startup mentality with bias toward action
Passion for solving complex infrastructure problems
Interest in electric vehicles, IoT, or emerging markets

Nice To Haves

Experience collaborating across hardware and software engineering teams preferred

Responsibilities

Architect and build the Secure Fleet & Financing Management Platform from scratch
Design and develop scalable backend services supporting connected electric vehicles
Build secure REST APIs supporting mobile applications, merchant systems, and internal tools
Design authentication, authorization, encryption, and secure key management systems
Develop backend infrastructure integrating with embedded hardware and IoT devices
Build real-time communication systems using MQTT, WebSockets, and event-driven architectures
Collaborate closely with embedded, electrical, and firmware engineers to integrate cloud services with physical vehicles
Design scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP, or Azure
Build CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, monitoring, logging, and observability systems
Design relational and NoSQL database schemas supporting fleet operations and financing workflows
Own backend architecture decisions, framework selection, and long-term platform strategy
Implement secure device provisioning, hardware identity, and cryptographic onboarding workflows
Establish engineering best practices for testing, scalability, reliability, and security
Operate with founder-level ownership in a fast-moving startup environment