Sr Java Engineer / UNICORN Startup / Fully Remote

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC; New York (NY); Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Flexible PTO

Remote flexibility

Equity Participation

Employee Product Benefits

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC is assisting a rapidly growing sleep technology company in finding a Senior Backend Engineer to join its high-performing engineering organization.

This full-time, remote opportunity lets you work on a platform that combines cloud computing, IoT devices, machine learning, and large-scale data processing. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of software engineering and 5+ years in backend/SRE, with a track record building distributed systems in cloud-native environments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 5+ years focused on backend engineering or site reliability engineering.
• Experience building and supporting distributed systems.
• Cloud platform experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience with microservices architectures.
• Strong understanding of scalability, reliability, and observability.

Responsibilities

• Own meaningful backend engineering projects from design through deployment.
• Collaborate with product, mobile, embedded, ML, and data teams.
• Contribute to distributed systems development and cloud infrastructure reliability.
• Design and implement robust microservices architectures and automation.

Skills

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Site reliability engineering

Microservices

Observability

Performance optimization

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD

CloudFormation

Job description

A rapidly growing sleep technology company is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join its high-performing engineering organization. This full-time opportunity can be performed remotely and offers the chance to work on a sophisticated technology platform that combines cloud computing, IoT devices, machine learning, and large-scale data processing. The ideal candidate will bring strong backend engineering expertise and experience building distributed systems in cloud-native environments.

This is an opportunity to work on technology that directly impacts the health and performance of users worldwide.

Engineers on this team own meaningful projects from design through deployment and collaborate closely with product, mobile, embedded, machine learning, and data teams.

The organization values innovation, autonomy, and technical excellence, making it an excellent fit for someone looking to tackle challenging engineering problems while accelerating their career growth.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
• 5+ years focused on backend engineering or site reliability engineering
• Experience building and supporting distributed systems
• Cloud platform experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Experience with microservices architectures
• Strong understanding of scalability, reliability, and observability

Desired Skills & Experience

• Kubernetes experience
• Infrastructure automation experience
• Experience supporting IoT or connected device platforms
• Data pipeline or streaming architecture experience
• SRE or platform engineering background
• Machine learning infrastructure exposure

What You Will Be Doing

Tech Breakdown

• 40% Distributed Systems Development
• 30% Cloud Infrastructure & Reliability
• 20% Microservices Architecture
• 10% Automation & Monitoring

Daily Responsibilities

• 85% Hands On Engineering
• 15% Team Collaboration

The Offer

• Competitive Salary
• Substantial Equity

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Flexible PTO
• Equity Participation
• Remote Flexibility
• Employee Product Benefits

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.