Taaraconnect

Taaraconnect

Senior Backend Software Engineer, Cloud & Infrastructure

Sunnyvale, CA · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$160k-$210kDetected 167 days ago
TypeScriptGoReactAngularDistributed SystemsFull-Stack DevelopmentNoSQLAWSGCPKubernetesTerraformPrometheusAPI DevelopmentRESTgRPCKafkaData EngineeringCommunication

About the role

  • As a Senior Backend Software Engineer, Cloud & Infrastructure at Taara, you will be the architect of the "brains" behind our global network.
  • You are comfortable jumping between writing high-performance Go services, architecting data pipelines for massive telemetry streams, and automating cloud infrastructure.
  • Join us to light the way for bridging the digital divide and illuminating the future.

Responsibilities

  • Build robust data ingestion and processing systems to handle real-time performance metrics from the field.
  • Born at X, Google's Moonshot Factory, Taara is on a mission to connect billions of people lacking abundant and affordable internet today by pioneering the way we use light to deliver faster, cheaper, more reliable connectivity.
  • Drive our growth story as we scale innovative solutions across the world.
  • Architect Telemetry Pipelines: Build robust data ingestion and processing systems to handle real-time performance metrics from the field.
  • API Design: Proven track record of designing and maintaining clean, scalable APIs (gRPC, REST).

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 4+ years of experience building and deploying scalable services on GCP, AWS, or Azure.
  • Strong proficiency in Golang, Typescript, and/or Python.
  • Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes) and distributed systems architecture.
  • Experience with relational databases, NoSQL, timeseries databases (e.g., Prometheus), and message brokers (e.g., Pub/Sub, Kafka).
  • Experience with security best practices, least-privilege model, defining IAM roles/policies, and use of public key cryptography.
  • Ability to work in the Sunnyvale office at least 3 days per week.
  • Familiarity with Terraform, Pulumi, or Ansible.
  • Interest in (or experience with) Angular/React/TypeScript for internal monitoring tools.
  • Cloud Proficiency: 4+ years of experience building and deploying scalable services on GCP, AWS, or Azure.

Compensation

  • The US base salary range for this full-time position is $160,000-$210,000 + bonus + equity + benefits.

Benefits

  • The US base salary range for this full-time position is $160,000-$210,000 + bonus + equity + benefits.
  • Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Company info

  • Lead the charge in bringing our groundbreaking wireless optical communication and photonics chip technologies to the world.

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