Secure Fleet Backend Architect (IoT/Telematics)

RST Recruitment; Alameda (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

RST Recruitment in Alameda, CA is seeking a senior backend engineer with 5+ years of experience to own production systems. You will design secure APIs, implement cryptography and authentication, and scale cloud infrastructure across AWS/GCP/Azure.

You’ll collaborate with embedded teams for IoT integrations, lead architecture decisions, and drive CI/CD and observability. The role demands hands-on leadership and a track record of shipping secure, scalable backend services.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience in production systems.
• Strong experience with security, cryptography, and cloud platforms.
• Ability to own the backend platform end-to-end in a small team.

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, and maintain the Secure Fleet & Financing Management System backend and APIs.
• Design secure authentication, authorization, and encryption.
• Collaborate with embedded teams to integrate backend with vehicle hardware.
• Define and operate cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and deployment processes.
• Integrate services with mobile and web tools for end users and admins.
• Provide technical leadership on architecture decisions and platform strategy.
• Establish best practices for code quality, testing, and observability.

Skills

Backend development

Security

Cryptography

Cloud infrastructure

Tools

Go

TypeScript

AWS

GCP

Azure

Docker

CI/CD

MQTT

WebSockets

REST APIs

IoT

Job description

RST Recruitment in Alameda, CA is seeking a senior backend engineer with 5+ years of experience to own production systems. You will design secure APIs, implement cryptography and authentication, and scale cloud infrastructure across AWS/GCP/Azure.

You’ll collaborate with embedded teams for IoT integrations, lead architecture decisions, and drive CI/CD and observability. The role demands hands-on leadership and a track record of shipping secure, scalable backend services.