Staff Software Engineer
CHAOS Industries · San Francisco, CA · 1 mo ago
On-siteInformation Technology$130k–$220k/yrFull-time
About the role
The Role You’ll join a small, highly collaborative team building the secure cloud platform behind some of the world’s most advanced radar systems. Working alongside software, hardware, and systems engineers, you’ll design and operate the backend services and cloud infrastructure that ingest, process, and deliver mission-critical sensor data at scale.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate secure, scalable Azure infrastructure that powers distributed radar systems and backend services.
- Develop high-performance services that ingest, process, and distribute real-time sensor data with low latency, high reliability, and security at scale.
- Define infrastructure as code, automate deployments, and continuously improve the platform through modern DevOps practices.
- Own observability, monitoring, resiliency, and operational readiness, ensuring production systems remain secure, scalable, and dependable in demanding environments.
- Help shape the technical direction of the platform, making architectural decisions that support new capabilities, increasing scale, and long-term maintainability.
- Partner closely with software, hardware, and systems engineers to deliver secure, reliable end-to-end capabilities from sensor to cloud.
Requirements
- Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen or permanent resident), as required for access to controlled technology.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
Qualifications
- Exceptional backend and cloud engineers who are excited by solving hard technical problems and building systems that matter.
- Strong engineering fundamentals, curiosity, and the ability to learn quickly.
- Enjoy solving complex cloud infrastructure and distributed systems challenges.
- Eager to learn new technologies and adapt to new technical domains.
- Care deeply about reliability, security, scalability, and operational excellence.
- Communicate well and enjoy collaborating across software, hardware, and systems engineering teams.
- Motivated by building technology with meaningful real-world impact.
- Experience in one or more of the following is a plus: Python and modern backend development, Azure or another major cloud platform, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), Kubernetes, containers, and CI/CD, Real-time data pipelines or distributed systems, Frontend development using modern web technologies (TypeScript/React) or a willingness to work across the stack when needed.
Skills
- Python and modern backend development.
- Azure or another major cloud platform.
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), Kubernetes, containers, and CI/CD.
- Real-time data pipelines or distributed systems.
- Frontend development using modern web technologies (TypeScript/React).
Benefits
- Health Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company.
- Additional benefits: 401k (+ 50% company match up to 6% of pay), FSA, HSA, life insurance, and more.
- Our Perks: Free daily lunch, 'No meeting Fridays', unlimited PTO, casual dress code.
Pay
$130k-220k
Schedule
Full-time