Senior Cloud Platform Engineer – Data APIs & Microservices

Mitek Systems; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness plan

Stock plan

PTO

Learning allowances

Home office stipend

Pet insurance

Identity theft protection

Legal assistance

Job summary

Mitek Systems is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its Cloud Platform team in San Diego. You’ll design, build, and deploy scalable API services, embracing microservices and containerized architectures to power production cloud solutions.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years of software development, Python or Golang expertise, and strong AWS experience. You’ll work across engineering, DevOps, and product teams in an Agile environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 5 years of professional software development experience.
• Strong experience with Python and/or Golang.
• Experience developing and deploying solutions on AWS or comparable cloud platforms.
• Experience building cloud and/or standalone APIs.
• Experience with distributed systems, microservices, and/or data-intensive architectures.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and continuous delivery practices.
• Experience deploying applications using Docker.
• Solid understanding of Agile development methodologies.
• Experience writing automated unit and integration tests.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills; ability to work with evolving requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, deploy, and maintain production-ready, scalable API services.
• Build platform solutions using microservices and containerized architectures.
• Write and maintain unit, integration, and performance tests.
• Develop and maintain internal and public API documentation.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and operations teams across the full development lifecycle.
• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies (stand-ups, planning, refinement, retrospectives).
• Support deployment, monitoring, and operational readiness of services in production.

Skills

Python

Golang

AWS

API design

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Agile methodologies

Automated tests

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS CDK

gRPC/Protobuf

Job description

Mitek Systems is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its Cloud Platform team in San Diego. You’ll design, build, and deploy scalable API services, embracing microservices and containerized architectures to power production cloud solutions.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years of software development, Python or Golang expertise, and strong AWS experience. You’ll work across engineering, DevOps, and product teams in an Agile environment.