Staff Backend Engineer — Scalable Distributed Systems

Atoms; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 224,000 - 284,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision

Life and disability insurance

401(k) plan

Equity awards

Job summary

Atoms is building the next era of progress by delivering real-world robots that integrate hardware, software, and AI. The Senior Software Engineer will design and scale backend services, focusing on reliability, performance, and developer experience, in a distributed systems environment that powers large restaurant and retail operations.

You will collaborate across product, engineering, and support teams, implement data-driven features, and participate in planning and architecture to deliver

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience is required.
• Experience: 4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Technical Mastery: Strong background in building scalable and reliable distributed systems; Proficiency in Java and modern backend development practices.

Responsibilities

• Build data-driven features that power dynamic menu operations.
• Contribute to planning and strategy for tools and internal platforms.
• Design, implement, and test backend services using agile practices.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product, and support teams.
• Write, debug, and maintain high-quality code across multiple projects.
• Architect scalable systems capable of supporting large, distributed workloads.
• Improve platform reliability, performance, and developer experience.
• Champion innovation and continuously explore new technologies and approaches.

Skills

Distributed systems

High-traffic apps

Java backend

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Job description

Atoms is building the next era of progress by delivering real-world robots that integrate hardware, software, and AI. The Senior Software Engineer will design and scale backend services, focusing on reliability, performance, and developer experience, in a distributed systems environment that powers large restaurant and retail operations.

You will collaborate across product, engineering, and support teams, implement data-driven features, and participate in planning and architecture to deliver