Senior Backend Engineer

About the Role

Join a Series A cold-chain risk-management platform operating at the intersection of IoT, logistics, and data engineering. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll be a key individual contributor building the distributed systems that contextualize real-time shipment data for pharmaceutical and perishable goods logistics. This is a high-leverage role on a small, focused team — your work ships fast and directly impacts product outcomes for global logistics customers.

What You'll Do

• Design and build backend services powering a logistics orchestration and decision-intelligence platform
• Own data-heavy distributed systems that ingest, process, and contextualize IoT monitoring data to quantify shipment risk in real time
• Build predictive systems for on-time, in-full (OTIF) delivery and automate exception-handling workflows
• Develop and maintain ETL pipelines, APIs (REST and/or gRPC), and event-driven architectures
• Operate services on cloud infrastructure with a strong focus on reliability, observability, and scalability
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product and leadership to translate domain requirements into robust software architecture

What We're Looking For

Required:

• 5–15 years of backend engineering experience with a focus on scalable, data-heavy distributed systems
• Proficiency in at least one modern backend language: Python, Java, Go, or Rust
• Experience with IoT data ingestion, processing, and contextualization
• Solid background in event-driven architectures and messaging systems (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, data modeling, and ETL pipelines
• Hands-on experience deploying and operating services on AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Proficiency with containerization and orchestration (Docker and Kubernetes)
• Strong engineering practices: testing, CI/CD, monitoring, and observability
• Domain knowledge in logistics, cold chain, or shipment risk
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Eligibility to work in the United States (visa sponsorship available)

Nice to Have:

• Experience at logistics-tech companies or supply-chain integration platforms
• Familiarity with data security, privacy, and regulatory requirements in pharma or cold-chain domains
• Growth-stage startup experience alongside a structured engineering background

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary: $130,000 – $160,000 USD annually
• Equity participation
• Cash bonus
• Visa sponsorship available

Location

Fully remote, US-based. Candidates must be able to work US-aligned hours. The team is distributed across multiple US cities.