Senior Data Backend Engineer - Scale Context Graphs

Gecko Robotics; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Mental health support

Professional development

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Gecko Robotics is seeking a Software Engineer to lead the rearchitecture of the Rolodex data platform, enabling scalable context graphs and faster product development. You will shape core cloud infrastructure, expand storage technologies, and improve developer experience with clear APIs and tooling.

The role emphasizes ownership of security, data performance, and cross-team collaboration, with a strong DevOps mindset and ongoing opportunity to influence architecture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on software development in a production environment.
• Expertise designing secure, user-friendly APIs for data interaction.
• Strong DevEx focus and ability to coordinate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead Rolodex rearchitecture to scale the context graph.
• Design clear ontologies and APIs to support AI agent workflows.
• Own centralized permissioning and secure access models.
• Optimize data performance and query abstractions.

Skills

Backend infrastructure

APIs design

DevEx mindset

Architectural leadership

Cloud services

Data modeling

Communications

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Terraform

GCP

Python

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Gecko Robotics is seeking a Software Engineer to lead the rearchitecture of the Rolodex data platform, enabling scalable context graphs and faster product development. You will shape core cloud infrastructure, expand storage technologies, and improve developer experience with clear APIs and tooling.

The role emphasizes ownership of security, data performance, and cross-team collaboration, with a strong DevOps mindset and ongoing opportunity to influence architecture.