Backend Engineer
Sauron Industries, Inc., San Francisco, CA, United States
Who We Are
Sauron protects your family and home, bringing the innovations of autonomous robots and self-driving cars to residential security. Our team is led by veteran entrepreneurs and roboticists, alumni of Zipline, Tesla, and The Boring Company. Sauron has raised an $18M seed round led by A* and Atomic with participation from other leading venture capital firms and angel investors, including 8VC and Flock Safety CEO Garret Langley.
The Role | Backend Engineer
Sauron Industries is looking to create a new modality for homeowners to interact with their properties and security systems, based on a 3D model of the home in a beautiful app for iPad and iPhone. We are looking for a highly skilled, thoughtful, and collaborative Backend Engineer to help design, develop and deliver this innovative technology to a wide user base.
We are looking for someone who is creative, detail-oriented, and cares deeply about the user experience. The ideal candidate is strategic about building for the long run, and enjoys the process of collaborating with teammates to architect reliable, scalable and maintainable applications. You’ll solve challenging problems and provide input into both product roadmaps and development approaches.
We Value
Collaboration, pair programming, and teamwork.
Making small improvements and shipping code to production continuously.
Taking ownership across the stack.
Iterative development and refactoring regularly to keep our codebases healthy.
You Will Contribute By
Designing and developing performant and scalable backend systems and databases
Developing systems that are accessible from different geolocations / regions
Building security-first systems for mass consumption
Working closely with designers and AI engineers to continuously improve on the user experience
Conducting thorough testing to identify and resolve issues before deployment
Your Background Includes
BS Computer Science + 5 years of industry experience or MS Computer Science + 3 year of industry experience or equivalent combination of education and trainings
Experience working on scalable architecture which can handle high volumes of data built using our cloud-based platform
Experience in domain driven design, and RESTful Services using languages Python
Experience with both relational like MySQL and non-relational databases such as DynamoDB
Must have experience with AWS Lambda, RDS, EC2, API Gateway, AWS Cognito, EKS and other AWS Services
Exposure to GraphQL API implementations
Used technologies like S3 to store user generated content
Fluency in use of Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines
Experience in protocols like WebSocket
Excellent ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with designers, product owners, and engineers in other domains.
Nice to Have (familiarity with/desire to learn)
Experience with 3D graphics libraries/frameworks (e.g., Unity, Unreal Engine, OpenGL, Metal).
Familiarity with end-to-end testing frameworks.
CI/CD systems
Knowledge of AWS Kinesis or similar video streaming services
Deeper understanding of CDNs