Senior Staff Backend Engineer - Fleet & AWS Micro-Architecture

Pittsburgh Robotics Network; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Bonus

Equity Compensation

Job summary

Pittsburgh Robotics Network is hiring a senior backend architect to design and implement a micro-backend on AWS for monitoring and managing a commercial autonomous vehicle fleet. You will partner with cross-functional teams to build scalable asset management and vehicle communication solutions that prioritize safe, reliable operation.

Candidates should have 7+ years in backend, strong software engineering fundamentals, and experience with high-concurrency systems.

Qualifications

• Requires 7+ years of experience in backend services and a degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Proficient in web communication protocols; experienced in building high-concurrency, safety-critical systems.

Skills

Backend Services

System Design

Micro-backend Architecture

REST

gRPC

GraphQL

AWS

Fleet Management

Vehicle Communication Systems

High Availability

High Throughput

Technical Specification Writing

IoT

Observability

Canary Release

Feature Flagging

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Pittsburgh Robotics Network is hiring a senior backend architect to design and implement a micro-backend on AWS for monitoring and managing a commercial autonomous vehicle fleet. You will partner with cross-functional teams to build scalable asset management and vehicle communication solutions that prioritize safe, reliable operation.

Candidates should have 7+ years in backend, strong software engineering fundamentals, and experience with high-concurrency systems.