Senior Network Backend Engineer

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Senior Network Backend Engineer developing and optimizing backend services for RTK Corrections Network. Leading design and implementation, ensuring scalability and reliability across numerous devices.

Posted 7/11/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $215,000 - $265,800 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaPythonTCP/IP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own Backend Services and APIs
Lead design, implementation, and optimization of backend services that power the RTK Corrections Network and customer-facing APIs.
Build and evolve API-first services that are clear, well-documented, and reliable for internal and external developers.
Break down high-level goals into concrete tasks, schedules, and milestones, and hold yourself accountable for delivering against them.
Drive performance and efficiency improvements across the request path - latency, throughput, and cost.
Ensure the service stack is well-structured, maintainable, and built to last as the product and customer base grow.
Scale the RTK Corrections Network
Own the ingestion, processing, and distribution of GNSS correction data from reference stations to devices in the field.
Design streaming and connectivity paths (e.g., NTRIP and similar protocols) that deliver corrections reliably and at low latency.
Expand network capacity and coverage as new regions, stations, and customers come online.
Build Reliable Distributed Systems
Design for high availability, graceful degradation, and recovery under partial failure.
Own observability - metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting - so issues are caught and resolved before customers feel them.
Identify and resolve bottlenecks and reliability risks early, particularly as traffic and scale grow.
Respond to Customer and Market Challenges
Engage directly with evolving customer needs and translate them into well-designed, durable technical solutions.
Collaborate with embedded, firmware, infrastructure, and customer-facing teams to deliver reliable end-to-end systems.
Surface technical risks and tradeoffs early so architecture and delivery decisions reflect real-world constraints.
Own Testing and Verification
Design and maintain rigorous testing strategies across backend services and the correction pipeline.
Treat test coverage as a first-class engineering responsibility - ensuring the team and customers have confidence in every release.
Identify gaps in coverage proactively, particularly as new services, protocols, or customer configurations are added.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

GoJavaPythonTCP/IPTLSHTTPLow-Latency ServicesHigh-Throughput ServicesCI/CDObservability

Soft Skills

AccountabilityCollaborationProblem-SolvingCustomer EngagementTask Decomposition

Certifications

BS in Computer ScienceMS in Computer Engineering