Backend Engineer, Cloud Platform & Distributed Systems

The Briefed; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 126,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Medical insurance

Dental & Vision

HSA contributions

Fertility benefits

Commuter benefits

Professional development stipend

Flexible PTO

Job summary

The Briefed is seeking a Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain high-volume distributed backend systems supporting real-time data from hundreds of thousands of devices. You will work in a modern microservices setup to develop APIs, data models, and core platform components powering our AI suite.

Collaborating with Product, Infrastructure, Firmware, and Frontend teams, you will uphold engineering best practices, drive software quality, and ensure secure, scalable backend features for the

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/SE or related field.
• Strong foundation in OOP/functional programming and distributed systems.
• Experience with RESTful and gRPC APIs.
• Experience with containerized microservices in cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain high-throughput distributed backend services.
• Develop APIs, data models, and core platform infrastructure components.
• Architect scalable control planes and data primitives for reliability and security.
• Collaborate with Product, Infrastructure, Firmware, and Frontend teams to deliver backend features.

Skills

OOP/FP

Data structures & algorithms

Distributed systems design

REST/gRPC APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Software Engineering or related field

Tools

AWS/GCP/Azure

Job description

The Briefed is seeking a Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain high-volume distributed backend systems supporting real-time data from hundreds of thousands of devices. You will work in a modern microservices setup to develop APIs, data models, and core platform components powering our AI suite.

Collaborating with Product, Infrastructure, Firmware, and Frontend teams, you will uphold engineering best practices, drive software quality, and ensure secure, scalable backend features for the