Lead Software Engineer, Backend

Aerovy

Lead Software Engineer architecting solutions and mentoring engineers at Aerovy's fast-paced startup. Transforming complex systems across aviation, mobility, and industrial sectors with cloud-native technologies.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeSeattle • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $180,000 - $250,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsDynamoDBEC2

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

You will play a key role in architecting solutions, mentoring engineers, and driving technical excellence across our cloud-native platforms.
You will be expected to function independently and proactively.
You will be routinely given requirements and be accountable to drive delivery end-to-end.
You will be expected to derive clear actionable engineering requirements from customer requirements, market data, and product strategy.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver business-critical features and services
Provide mentorship and guidance to junior and mid-level engineers
Own the reliability, scalability, maintainability, and performance of critical production systems
Contribute to the long-term technical vision and roadmap of our platform aligned with product strategy and business needs

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor or Master of Science in Computer Science or related fields with 5 or more years of industry experience
Passion for finding and solving hard problems
Passion for learning and growing both technically and non-technically
Strong understanding of distributed systems, micro-service architectures, RESTful APIs, and event-driven systems
Extensive experience in Cloud/IaaC Infrastructure and Tooling preferably AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, AWS Batch, DynamoDB, CloudFormation/CDK, etc.)
Designed, developed and maintained high-performance services and software infrastructure using AWS or equivalent cloud services
Lead technical design and architecture discussions across multiple systems and teams
Championed engineering best practices, including CI/CD, monitoring, testing, and code quality

Benefits

Comp & perks

Offers Equity
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Hard Skills & Tools

cloud-native platformsdistributed systemsmicro-service architecturesRESTful APIsevent-driven systemsAWSIaaC InfrastructureCI/CDmonitoringcode quality

Soft Skills

mentoringindependenceproactivitycollaborationproblem-solvinglearningtechnical excellenceguidanceaccountabilitypassion

Certifications

Bachelor of Science in Computer ScienceMaster of Science in Computer Science