Staff Backend Engineer

About the role

The digital landscape continues to evolve rapidly, and Arlo remains at the forefront through innovative design and scalable technology solutions. We are seeking a skilled Staff Back-End Developer to join our engineering team and help build mission-critical platforms that power our products and services.

Key Objectives

• Collaborate closely with stakeholders, project managers, QA teams, and engineers to deliver against the long-term technology roadmap
• Develop and maintain unit, component, and integration tests
• Produce high-quality, scalable code that elevates team performance and development velocity
• Contribute to architectural decisions and continuous improvement initiatives

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs
• Write clean, maintainable code and associated automated tests
• Build prototypes, troubleshoot issues, and analyze system bottlenecks
• Design robust RESTful APIs to support mobile and web clients
• Manage and optimize scalable distributed systems in cloud environments
• Improve application performance, reliability, and scalability
• Ensure security best practices are implemented across backend systems

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science or related field
• Strong foundation in computer science fundamentals, algorithms, and system design
• 8+ years’ experience developing secure, high-performance web applications
• Hands-on experience with Java
• Experience working with AWS cloud services
• Experience with Git and modern version control practices
• Experience with distributed systems and cloud-native technologies
• Growth mindset with the ability to challenge assumptions and propose innovative solutions

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing RESTful APIs, particularly for mobile applications
• Experience with Kubernetes and containerized deployments
• Experience with DynamoDB or other NoSQL databases