Backend Engineer – Real-Time APIs & Hardware

Fab2; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Visa sponsorship

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid parental leave

401(k) retirement plan

Learning & development opportunities

Commuter benefits

Daily lunches

Dinners

Stocked office kitchen

Job summary

Fab2 is seeking an engineering leader to architect and build high-performance backend APIs powering its central manufacturing product. You will drive integration between web applications and physical hardware and embedded systems to maintain reliable, real-time manufacturing operations.

Ideal candidates will command backend systems engineering with Go, Rust, or gRPC and lead complex production systems, with deep knowledge of concurrency, networking, and databases.

Qualifications

• Requires demonstrated command of backend systems engineering with Go, Rust, or gRPC and experience leading complex, business‑critical production systems.
• Candidates must possess a deep understanding of systems fundamentals including concurrency, networking, and databases.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and development of high-performance backend APIs.
• Integrate web applications with physical hardware and embedded systems to ensure reliable, real-time manufacturing operations.
• Oversee reliability, scalability, and observability of production systems.

Skills

Go

Rust

gRPC

Backend architecture

Data modeling

Systems engineering

Concurrency

Networking

Databases

Postgres

Hardware integration

Embedded systems

Distributed systems

Observability

Performance tuning

API development

Job description

Fab2 is seeking an engineering leader to architect and build high-performance backend APIs powering its central manufacturing product. You will drive integration between web applications and physical hardware and embedded systems to maintain reliable, real-time manufacturing operations.

Ideal candidates will command backend systems engineering with Go, Rust, or gRPC and lead complex production systems, with deep knowledge of concurrency, networking, and databases.