Software Engineer, Cloud

Saildrone • Alameda, CA

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About The Position

Saildrone's autonomous vessels generate continuous streams of sensor, detection, and operational data that must become useful information for engineers and mission operators. As a Software Engineer, Cloud, you will build the cloud services that ingest, process, store, and expose that information across a distributed fleet. You will work across backend software, data systems, and cloud infrastructure, building reliable services that connect autonomous vessels to the applications used to monitor and operate them.

Requirements

• Strong software engineering skills in Python, TypeScript, or both.
• Experience building and operating production cloud or distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of database fundamentals and data modeling.
• Experience designing APIs and services that integrate distributed systems.
• Experience with AWS or another major cloud platform.
• Strong systems thinking and an ability to reason about reliability, performance, and failure modes.
• Experience owning production software from design through deployment and operation.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with real-time or streaming data systems.
• Experience with robotics, autonomous vehicles, IoT, aerospace, defense, or other distributed physical systems.
• Experience processing sensor, telemetry, video, or geospatial data.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate production cloud services supporting autonomous vessels.
• Develop backend services and APIs in Python and TypeScript.
• Design data models and database systems for operational and sensor-derived data.
• Build services that ingest and process data from distributed, intermittently connected vehicles.
• Expose detection and operational information to downstream applications and mission operators.
• Design for reliability, scalability, observability, and graceful handling of delayed or incomplete data.
• Deploy, monitor, debug, and improve services running in AWS.

Benefits

• Competitive Paid Time Off (PTO) accrual plus a robust annual holiday schedule and paid sick leave
• Premium, multi-tier Medical, Dental, and Vision plans with significant company contributions for employees and dependents
• Equity grants
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan with flexible pre-tax and Roth payroll contribution options
• Annual professional development reimbursement program
• Relocation assistance for eligible roles

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed