Senior Backend Architect - Secure Cloud & IoT

RST Recruitment; Alameda (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

RST Recruitment is seeking a senior backend engineer to own the Secure Fleet & Financing Management System from end to end. You will design secure authentication, encryption, and scalable APIs, collaborating with embedded teams to connect cloud services to on-vehicle hardware.

The role requires 5+ years in backend engineering, strong cryptography expertise, and proven leadership in fast-moving teams. You will shape cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring robust observability,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience in production systems.
• Strong expertise in security, cryptography, and cloud infrastructure.
• Ability to own a platform end-to-end in a small team.
• Experience shipping secure, scalable backend services from scratch.
• Bonus: IoT, telematics, or fleet management systems.

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, and maintain the Secure Fleet & Financing Management System backend APIs, web app, and supporting infrastructure from the ground up.
• Design and implement secure authentication, authorization, and encryption to protect vehicle and financing data.
• Collaborate with embedded and electrical teams to integrate backend with on-vehicle hardware (IoT/telematics).
• Define and operate cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment processes as the backend platform owner.
• Integrate backend services with mobile and web tools for end users, administrators, and merchant/pos systems.
• Provide technical leadership on architecture decisions, framework choices, and long-term platform strategy.
• Establish best practices for code quality, testing, logging, and observability as the platform scales.

Skills

Backend architecture

Security cryptography

Cloud infrastructure

Leadership

IoT integration

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Docker

CI/CD

WebSockets

MQTT

Job description

RST Recruitment is seeking a senior backend engineer to own the Secure Fleet & Financing Management System from end to end. You will design secure authentication, encryption, and scalable APIs, collaborating with embedded teams to connect cloud services to on-vehicle hardware.

The role requires 5+ years in backend engineering, strong cryptography expertise, and proven leadership in fast-moving teams. You will shape cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring robust observability,