Backend Architect for IoT Platform & Migration

Fellow

United States

On-site

USD 50,000 - 75,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Employee equity plan

Generous paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Monthly Fitness Stipend

Paid Parental Leave

Generous discount on Fellow products

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Job summary

Fellow is hiring a Backend Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services for our IoT platform. You will simplify our architecture and own the backend from device to cloud, collaborating with teams across Shenzhen and the United States.

You will drive real-time connectivity, data orchestration, and reliability, while shaping the future of Fellow's connected products and services. The role offers equity, strong growth, and a dynamic kitchen-tech environment.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
5+ years of backend engineering experience with TypeScript/Node.js and Python.

Responsibilities

Design and implement a simpler, unified backend architecture for Fellow’s connected products.
Establish a new connected product as the production pilot for the architecture.
Build reliable, low-latency bidirectional communication between devices, apps and backend services.
Use AWS IoT Core for staged OTA delivery.
Develop data collection and orchestration pipelines for analytics and ML.
Improve logging, metrics, tracing, KPIs, and diagnostics.
Design state-management and concurrency controls across devices, clients, and cloud services.
Plan and execute staged migrations to avoid service disruption.
Improve reliability, automation, DR, deployment safety, and cloud cost efficiency.
Collaborate with firmware, mobile, product, QA, manufacturing, and backend teams across Shenzhen and the US.