Staff Cloud Backend Engineer, Sonatus
$176-242k
+ Stock option plan
3+ days a week in office (Sunnyvale, CA)
Cloud-based solutions for software-defined vehicles
Open for applications
Cloud-based solutions for software-defined vehicles
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$176-242k
+ Stock option plan
3+ days a week in office (Sunnyvale, CA)
101-200 employees
Company mission
To accelerate automotive innovation
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
- 9+ years of experience in backend engineering, data engineering, or a similar role, with a strong focus on building and optimizing data pipelines
- Proven experience with big data technologies (e.g., Apache Kafka, Apache Pulsar, etc) and cloud-native data processing frameworks
- Expertise in designing and implementing large-scale, distributed data pipelines
- Strong knowledge of backend development and integration, with proficiency in programming languages such as Golang(preferred), Python, Java, or Scala
- Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) for deploying and managing data services
What the job involves
- We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Staff Cloud Backend Engineer to lead the design, development, and optimization of our Cloud Backend
- In this role, you will focus on creating robust, scalable, and efficient backend systems that process and manage large volumes of data
- You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure that data flows seamlessly across the organization, enabling high-quality data-driven decisions
- This role is critical in shaping our data infrastructure and ensuring it can scale with the demands of our growing data ecosystem
- Design, develop, and maintain highly scalable and efficient data pipelines that process and transform large datasets from various sources
- Build and optimize data ingestion frameworks to handle real-time and batch data processing with minimal latency and high reliability
- Develop and implement data validation and monitoring mechanisms to ensure data quality and consistency across pipelines
- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in data processing workflows, ensuring that pipelines can scale to accommodate increasing data volumes
- Implement best practices for data partitioning, sharding, and indexing to optimize data storage and retrieval
- Optimize data pipeline architectures to balance performance, cost, and operational complexity
- Develop APIs and other backend services that support data processing, storage, and retrieval in a distributed environment
- Ensure that data pipelines are designed to handle data security, privacy, and compliance requirements
- Lead cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end data solutions that support business objectives
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers, promoting best practices in data engineering and backend development
- Collaborate with product managers, embedded engineers, and other stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver solutions that meet business needs
- Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in data pipeline technologies, cloud computing, and backend development, and apply them to improve existing systems
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the efficiency, reliability, and scalability of data pipelines
- Contribute to the development of internal tools and frameworks that enhance the capabilities and performance of the data pipeline ecosystem
Our take
Software-defined vehicles represent the biggest innovation in automobiles for decades, but there are large obstacles in the way of their growth. The software that defines such vehicles requires over-the-air (OTA) updates and other forms of maintenance, which can quickly become a time-consuming and resource-intensive process.
Sonatus develops cloud-based solutions for software-defined vehicles, providing a platform called Digital Dynamics that empowers automakers to harness vehicle data, add feature updates, diagnose problems, and maintain vehicle infrastructure wirelessly and in real time. The company achieves its flexibility through cloud-empowered data infrastructure, no-code software solutions, and working closely with clients.
Whilst the company faces competition from other IoT vehicle software companies, Sonatus shows great potential to compete through its all-in-one approach. This has earned it impressive funding, which supports further development and the increase of production volume, as well as the company's expansion into the Japanese market.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Dec 2022
$75m
SERIES A
Jul 2021
$35m
SERIES A
Total funding: $110m
Company benefits
- Stock option program
- Flexible working arrangements
- Unlimited PTO
- Comprehensive benefits with generous allowance
- Free in-office food & snacks!
Company HQ
Sunnyvale, CA
Leadership
Jeffrey Chou
(Co-Founder & CEO)Experience as Senior Director of Engineering for Nuova Systems. Founder of Diamanti, where they were CEO and now serve as a Board Member.
Yu Fang
(Co-Founder & CTO/CPO)Head of Mobile Engineering for NAUTO from 2016 to 2018. Experience as CTO of CARDFREE.
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