Sr Java Engineer // UNICORN Startup // Fully Remote

About the role

A rapidly growing sleep technology company is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join its high-performing engineering organization. This full-time, remote opportunity offers the chance to work on a sophisticated technology platform that combines cloud computing, IoT devices, machine learning, and large-scale data processing. The ideal candidate will bring strong backend engineering expertise and experience building distributed systems in cloud-native environments. Engineers on this team own meaningful projects from design through deployment and collaborate closely with product, mobile, embedded, machine learning, and data teams. The organization values innovation, autonomy, and technical excellence.

Responsibilities

Tech Breakdown

• 40% Distributed Systems Development
• 30% Cloud Infrastructure & Reliability
• 20% Microservices Architecture
• 10% Automation & Monitoring

Daily Responsibilities

• 85% Hands On Engineering
• 15% Team Collaboration

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
• 5+ years focused on backend engineering or site reliability engineering
• Experience building and supporting distributed systems
• Cloud platform experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Experience with microservices architectures
• Strong understanding of scalability, reliability, and observability

Desired Skills

• Kubernetes experience
• Infrastructure automation experience
• Experience supporting IoT or connected device platforms
• Data pipeline or streaming architecture experience
• SRE or platform engineering background
• Machine learning infrastructure exposure

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Flexible PTO
• Equity Participation
• Remote Flexibility
• Employee Product Benefits

Pay

Competitive Salary

Substantial Equity

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.