Staff Network Backend Engineer — Real-Time Corrections

Point One Navigation Inc; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Point One Navigation Inc. is seeking a Staff Network Backend Engineer in San Francisco, CA, to own backend services and APIs powering the RTK Corrections Network.

You will design and build distributed systems serving real-time corrections to hundreds of thousands of devices with low latency and high availability. You will lead ingestion, distribution, and processing of GNSS corrections, design streaming paths, and ensure observability and reliability across the stack.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development, with significant depth in backend or distributed systems.
• Proven ability to design, build, and operate production backend services and APIs at scale - from architecture through deployment and on-call ownership.
• Proven ability to decompose high-level goals into actionable tasks, realistic schedules, and clear milestones - with a track record of delivering on commitments.
• Strong proficiency in a backend language such as Go, Java, or Python.
• Deep understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, TLS, HTTP) and experience building low-latency, high-throughput services.
• Experience designing and operating distributed systems - availability, scaling, and observability.
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or similar), containers, and CI/CD.
• Experience designing and owning testing and verification strategies for complex systems.
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Own Backend Services and APIs design, implementation, and reliability for the RTK Corrections Network.
• Build and evolve API-first services that are well-documented for internal and external developers.
• Break down high-level goals into tasks, schedules, and milestones, and deliver against them.
• Drive performance and efficiency improvements across latency, throughput, and cost.
• Ensure the service stack is well-structured and maintainable as the product and customer base grow.
• Collaborate with embedded, firmware, and infrastructure teams to deliver end-to-end systems.
• Design and maintain rigorous testing strategies across backend services and the correction pipeline.

Skills

Backend design

Distributed systems

Go/Java/Python

Networking fundamentals

Cloud platforms

Observability

On-call ownership

Education

BS/MS in CS/CE

Tools

Go

Java

Python

Job description

Point One Navigation Inc. is seeking a Staff Network Backend Engineer in San Francisco, CA, to own backend services and APIs powering the RTK Corrections Network.

You will design and build distributed systems serving real-time corrections to hundreds of thousands of devices with low latency and high availability. You will lead ingestion, distribution, and processing of GNSS corrections, design streaming paths, and ensure observability and reliability across the stack.