[Remote] Senior Staff Software Engineer - Cloud Platform
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Lytx, Inc. is building a scalable, cloud-first product platform that integrates large-scale AWS services with hardware-based IoT devices. They are looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer to design, build, and operate their cloud platform, ensuring high standards of code quality and collaborating across teams.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services running in AWS
- Contribute to system architecture and technical design for large-scale, distributed cloud deployments
- Develop and maintain services using Node.js and other backend technologies
- Work with PostgreSQL, including schema design and query performance optimization
- Design, implement, and test infrastructure-as-code using AWS CDK
- Build and maintain frontend applications using React
- Contribute to mobile applications built with React Native for Android and iOS
- Develop software components across multiple languages, including:
- Ensure high standards of code quality, testing, reliability, and security
- Collaborate closely with product, QA, and operations teams while maintaining strong individual ownership
- Take responsibility for full task ownership, including development, testing, deployment, and production readiness
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- Senior-level experience in software development for cloud-based systems
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and cloud architecture
- Deep knowledge of AWS services and cloud-native design patterns
- Experience writing, testing, and maintaining AWS CDK scripts
- Expertise in IP networking, including TCP/IP and related protocols
- Proven ability to work across the full stack: backend, frontend, infrastructure, and deployment
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently
- Large-scale, production cloud platforms
- IoT, device-integrated, or data-intensive systems
- CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments
- Performance tuning and observability in cloud environments
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Telehealth
- 401(k) and 401(k) match
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- FTO or PTO
- Employee Well-Being program
- 11 paid holidays plus 1 inclusive holiday per year
- Volunteer Time Off
- Employee Referral program
- Education Reimbursement Program
- Employee Recognition and Appreciation program
- Additional perk and voluntary benefit programs
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