Senior Backend Engineer - Real-Time AI & Microservices

Socket.dev; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 158,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev is seeking an experienced backend engineer to design and evolve large-scale real-time service frameworks using C++. The role involves building autonomous, AI-enabled orchestration and robust data models for distributed systems, with a strong emphasis on performance and reliability.

You will work with Protobuf and gRPC across cloud-native deployments. The ideal candidate holds a master's degree in information systems management or computer science and has 3+ years in backend

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Information Systems Management, Computer Science, a related field, or foreign equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Architect and evolve large-scale real-time service frameworks to improve scalability, reliability, and latency.
• Develop backend AI-enabled solutions for autonomous service orchestration in real-time systems.
• Create standardized data models and inter-service communication layers with Protobuf/gRPC.
• Manage CI/CD and deployment pipelines using Jenkins and GitLab.
• Design performance benchmarking with distributed load tools and telemetry analytics.
• Monitor and troubleshoot cloud services using logging/monitoring tools.

Skills

C++ backend development

Realtime communication systems

Microservice architectures

CI/CD tooling

Performance testing

Cloud monitoring

Education

Master's degree in Information Systems Management or Computer Science

Tools

Protobuf

gRPC

Job description

Socket.dev is seeking an experienced backend engineer to design and evolve large-scale real-time service frameworks using C++. The role involves building autonomous, AI-enabled orchestration and robust data models for distributed systems, with a strong emphasis on performance and reliability.

You will work with Protobuf and gRPC across cloud-native deployments. The ideal candidate holds a master's degree in information systems management or computer science and has 3+ years in backend