Senior Backend Engineer (Python, AWS)

Luxoft Poland; Town of Poland (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical & Dental care & Life보험

Job summary

Luxoft Poland is seeking a senior Cloud Fleet Engineer to design, build, and scale cloud services for remote device management and OTA updates. You will own CI/CD, multi-region AWS infra, and secure APIs, collaborating with hardware and product teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.

The role emphasizes DevOps and SRE practices, mentoring junior engineers, and contributing to the technical strategy. Poland-based candidate preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of industry experience in cloud engineering.
• Experience with AWS services (EKS, S3, SQS, RDS, Cognito, Lambda).
• Proficiency in Python or Go for production services.
• Experience with relational, document, or time-series databases and performant SQL.
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Ability to design and operate scalable, secure APIs and microservices.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience with agile environments, DevOps, and SRE practices.

Responsibilities

• Participate in incident prevention, response, and remediation efforts, applying best practices.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud services for observability, OTA updates, and fleet ops.
• Improve reliability, security, and performance of multi-region AWS infrastructure using IaC.
• Own CI/CD pipelines for cloud services and automated delivery processes.
• Set high standards for software engineering and DevOps across the team.
• Collaborate with hardware, product, and engineering teams to define system requirements.
• Drive architectural decisions, perform code reviews, and shape long-term technical strategy.
• Mentor junior engineers and share expertise in cloud technologies.

Skills

5+ years experience

Python or Go

AWS services (EKS, S3, SQS, RDS, Cogni

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

The Cloud Fleet Engineering team is at the forefront of managing and scaling our fleet of AI-powered edge devices deployed across global transportation agencies. As a senior engineer, you will play a critical role in designing, building, and scaling cloud services that enable remote device management, over-the-air updates, observability, and high-availability operations for our mobile perception platform. We tackle complex challenges related to scalability, performance, and security to enable smarter and safer cities through cutting-edge innovation. As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to work on impactful projects that drive the future of intelligent transportation systems.

Responsibilities

• Participate in incident prevention, response, and remediation efforts, learning and applying best practices.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud services that support device observability, OTA updates, and fleet operations.
• Lead efforts to improve the reliability, security, and performance of multi-region AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
• Own CI/CD pipelines for cloud services, enabling efficient, secure, and automated delivery processes.
• Set and uphold high standards for software engineering and DevOps practices across the team, including incident response, monitoring, and postmortems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams—including hardware, product, and other engineering teams—to define system requirements and deliver robust end-to-end solutions.
• Drive architectural decisions, perform code reviews, and contribute to long-term technical strategy for cloud services.
• Mentor junior engineers and share expertise in cloud technologies, software and architectural design patterns.

Mandatory Skills Description

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of industry experience.
• Experience with Amazon AWS services such as EKS, S3, SQS, RDS, Cognito, and Lambda.
• Proficiency in Python or Go (Golang), with a focus on building production-quality services.
• Experience working with relational, document, or time-series databases and expertise in writing performant SQL queries.
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes and container orchestration in production environments.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to collaborate and contribute to solutions effectively.
• Proven ability to design and operate scalable, secure APIs and microservices.
• Strong communication skills and a track record of leading cross-functional technical initiatives.
• Experience working in agile environments with modern DevOps and SRE practices.

Opportunity for Poland-based candidates

• Tax-deductible costs on a contract of employment for all development roles
• Stable employment based on an employment contract
• Private Medical & Dental care & Life Insurance
• MyBenefit program (sports card, well-being program etc.)
• Internal Mobility program - possibility of rotation between projects, locations, accounts