Backend Software Engineer (Autonomous Systems)
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San Francisco, CA · Posted October 31, 2026
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About the job
Our client builds uncrewed vehicles that operate in remote environments and is standing up a new fleet-focused engineering group. They want a server-side developer to look after the cloud systems connected to those vehicles. The posting says full stack, but around nine parts in ten of the job is platform services and APIs, with only light front-end involvement.
Responsibilities
Develop and run cloud services that receive, transform, keep and publish telemetry, detections and operational readings from vehicles deployed in the field
Own initiatives touching multiple code repositories in a mature system, fixing, restructuring and hardening it as demand rises
Supply the APIs that mission operators and other applications consume, collaborating closely with teammates who focus on the user interface
Write Python and TypeScript services linking vehicles that are often offline for stretches to the monitoring and control tools
Lead the schema and database design for the data vehicles and operators generate, from first draft to live release
Ship and monitor workloads on AWS, boosting uptime, scalability, visibility and tolerance for late or partial data
Candidate profile
Four to eight years designing, shipping and running distributed cloud software, fluent in Python and TypeScript
Comfortable debugging unfamiliar older code across repositories with little supervision
Bachelor’s degree and AWS experience
Bonus: real-time, geospatial or sensor data from robotics, aviation or IoT
Comfortable with defense-related work
Hybrid in the San Francisco Bay Area, three days a week on-site. No relocation assistance or visa sponsorship.