Staff Backend Engineer

Emerald Cloud Lab

Backend engineer building scalable cloud services for scientific research and remote laboratory automation. Developing APIs, sensor-data services, and reliable infrastructure across AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Posted 8/18/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in backend development, particularly with Go, Python, or Rust, and a strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, including AWS. Proficient in database technologies, modern reliability practices, and CI/CD pipelines to ensure high-performance and secure software solutions.

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Backend DevelopmentCloud Development (AWS)Database Technologies (SQL/NoSQL)Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)CI/CD Pipelines

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Hard Skills

Backend DevelopmentCloud Development (AWS)Database Technologies (SQL)Database Technologies (NoSQL)Go ProgrammingPython ProgrammingRust ProgrammingContainerization (Docker)Containerization (Kubernetes)CI/CD Pipelines

Soft Skills

Problem-SolvingAttention to Detail

Tools & Technologies

AWSDockerKubernetesGitHubTravis CI

Industry Keywords

Scalable Backend ServicesHigh-Availability OperationObservabilityHybrid Object/Graph Multi-Tenant Data StoreReal-Time Sensor Data

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesNoSQLPythonRustSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and develop highly scalable backend services with performance and security
Collaborate with designers, scientists, and engineers to deliver products solving challenges in laboratories
Help set technical and product direction, including feature and implementation decisions
Ensure high-availability operation using modern reliability practices and detailed observability
Participate in an on-call rotation
Participate in code reviews
Troubleshoot performance and security issues
Advocate for healthy and maintainable software practices
Improve the hybrid object/graph multi-tenant data store for biology and chemistry experiments
Develop services to gather real-time sensor data for operator feedback and cloud processing
Build a service to safely distribute and execute simulation, analysis, and testing code in SLL
Collaborate with the Scientific Development team on data storage, retrieval, and search functions in SLL

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of experience providing backend development to products and enterprise software
6+ years of hands-on Cloud or AWS development
Experience with database technologies (SQL or NoSQL)
Experience working with startups or small growing companies
Full life cycle experience with software product development
Preferred: Experience with Kubernetes and Docker for containerization
Preferred: Experience with distributed systems
Preferred: Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Preferred: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern build tooling
Preferred: Exposure to cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure), containers, and observability
Backend services experience with Go, Python, or Rust
Experience with AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes infrastructure
Experience with GitHub and Travis CI is relevant to the stated technology stack

Benefits

Comp & perks

Continuous integration and agile development practices
Participation in an on-call rotation
Remote work arrangement