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Wherobots

Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Backend

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Design and develop backend services for a geospatial cloud database, optimizing performance and collaborating with teams to deliver high-quality software.
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We are looking for passionate, skilled, and experienced software engineers to join Wherobots’ dynamic team in building the geospatial cloud database of the future, its cloud platform, and control plane. As a backend software engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining the backend services and infrastructure that powers our innovative geospatial database and Wherobots Cloud environment.

We are 100% cloud-native, and build our product using modern and reliable tools and technologies. We use Python, Java, and Golang services deployed on cloud-based Kubernetes environments.

If you are passionate about building cutting-edge backend systems and want to be part of a fast-growing company at the forefront of geospatial technology, we would love to hear from you. Apply now and join the Wherobots team!

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement scalable and efficient backend systems to support our geospatial cloud database and control plane

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements, identify technical solutions, and deliver high-quality software

  • Optimize performance and reliability of the backend infrastructure through observability, continuous monitoring, troubleshooting, and improvement

  • Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure code quality and adherence to best practices

  • Stay up-to-date with industry trends and advancements in backend technologies, and contribute to the continuous improvement of our development processes

Qualifications

  • Strong technical background, including 5+ years of experience in backend software development, with a focus on building scalable, reliable, and easy to operate cloud-deployed services

  • Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, and/or Go

  • Solid understanding of distributed systems, data structures, and algorithms

  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Google Cloud

  • Strong communication and collaboration abilities, with a proven track record of working effectively in a hybrid or distributed team environment

Compensation and benefits

Wherobots offers competitive compensation, equity, and benefits. The base salary range for this position is $150k-$275k per year.

Although we aim to establish a primary engineering presence in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Seattle, we provide flexibility and choice in the working arrangement for most roles, including remote and/or in-office roles. Please note that the base pay range is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer, the base pay will vary based on factors such as work location, seniority, skills, and experience of the candidate.

Wherobots provides a competitive benefits package to all full-time employees, including 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance, access to a 401(k) plan with employer match, and unlimited PTO.

About Wherobots

Wherobots was founded by the original creators of Apache Sedona to build the first fully-managed, highly scalable geospatial cloud database and analytics platform: Wherobots Cloud. Geospatial, location-enabled, and satellite imagery data are quickly becoming a critical and valuable source of information and insights to a broad array of industries, from logistics and insurance to financial or climate tech companies. Wherobots helps those companies bring their geospatial data down to earth and drive value from it for their business and their customers through full-featured and scalable computation, querying, analytics, and visualization capabilities.

Top Skills

AWS
Go
GCP
Java
Kubernetes
Python

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