Staff Engineer - Engineering Platform
About The Position
At Arlo, we're passionate about creating innovative and reliable solutions that help people protect what matters most to them. Our team is dedicated to delivering products that exceed our customers' expectations, while always pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the world of protection technology. We believe that everyone deserves to feel safe and secure, whether they're at home or away, and we're committed to providing our customers with the peace of mind they need to live their lives without worry. Arlo’s deep expertise in AI- and CV-powered analytics, cloud services, user experience, product design, and innovative wireless and RF connectivity enables the delivery of a seamless, smart security experience for Arlo users that is easy to set up and interact with every day. The Opportunity We are hiring a Staff Engineer to lead architecture, scalability, and modernization across our Java-based cloud platform. This role will drive the design and evolution of mission-critical services powering a large-scale IoT (MQTT) ecosystem handling millions of real-time device interactions. You will operate as a senior technical leader—owning architectural direction, elevating engineering standards, and advancing AI-assisted development practices to improve velocity, quality, and governance.
Requirements
- 10+ years of backend engineering experience, primarily in Java.
- Strong expertise in Spring Boot and distributed systems architecture.
- Proven experience building and operating large-scale production systems on AWS (7+ years preferred).
- Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Advanced experience with SQL and DynamoDB.
- Experience operating high-throughput systems (1M+ requests/min).
- Real-time or event-driven systems expertise (MQTT, streaming).
- Strong understanding of observability, distributed tracing, and performance tuning.
- Solid knowledge of OAuth2/OIDC and security best practices.
- Demonstrated cross-team technical leadership and mentorship capability.
Nice To Haves
- IoT or event-driven domain experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Architecture & Technical Strategy Define and evolve scalable, high-availability distributed system architecture.
- Lead modernization of microservices and modular Java platforms.
- Establish technical roadmaps aligned with product and business priorities.
- Engineering Excellence Develop high-performance backend services using Java and Spring Boot.
- Optimize systems for scalability, low latency, and reliability under heavy load.
- Strengthen CI/CD, containerization, and deployment automation practices.
- Drive best practices in observability, security, and system reliability.
- Cloud & Data Systems Architect and operate cloud-native systems on AWS (EKS, Lambda, DynamoDB, Aurora, S3, etc.).
- Design and optimize SQL and NoSQL data models for performance and scale.
- AI-Assisted Development Leverage AI tools (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, etc.) to accelerate design, refactoring, testing, and modernization while ensuring enterprise-grade quality and security standards.
- Cross-Functional Leadership Influence technical direction across teams.
- Partner with Product, DevOps, SRE, and Security to align engineering initiatives with business goals.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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