Instrumental Inc

Backend Platform Tech Lead

Palo Alto, USA

Sponsorship not specified$217k-$282kDetected 124 days ago

JavaRustSQLNoSQLAWSCloud PlatformsKafkaMachine LearningSparkAgentic AILeadership

About the role

We capture digital exhaust and engineering context from assembly lines-images, test logs, BOM data, performance, repair cycles-and our AI engines identify insights that are difficult or impossible for human engineers to find.
Who You Are: Experience leading the buildout of multi-tenant cloud platforms at scale, with good understanding of isolation, data growth, and performance tradeoffs.

Startup experience building, scaling, and evolving SaaS platforms for IPO-scale growth.
We're a growing team that works collaboratively, supports each other, and is energized by having an impact.

8+ years of experience in building large-scale cloud backend platforms.
3+ years in a technical architecture or equivalent leadership role.
BS/MS degree in Computer Science or related majors.
Experience leading the buildout of multi-tenant cloud platforms at scale, with good understanding of isolation, data growth, and performance tradeoffs.
Successful track record of leading large, ambiguous projects end-to-end - defined the approach, sequenced the work across multiple engineers, and driven execution through to delivery.

Go (preferred), Rust, Java or Scala.
Cloud-native architecture expertise (AWS preferred).
Development and production experience on queuing and batch/stream processing (Kafka, Spark, Flink, Beam) at scale.
Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and data access.
Strong proficiency in backend programming languages: Go (preferred), Rust, Java or Scala.

The following is a representative annual base salary range for this position within the

Instrumental is proud to offer a highly-rated variety of benefits, including health, vision, dental, commuter plans, and parental leave.

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