Senior Cloud Backend Engineer

XTEND

full-time

Posted on: 9/7/2025

Location: 🇮🇱 Israel

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AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsDockerDynamoDBGoogle Cloud PlatformGRPCIoTKafkaKubernetesMongoDBMySQLNoSQLPostgresRabbitMQSparkSQL

About the role

Architect & develop the core backend infrastructure, APIs, and data pipelines.
Design and implement scalable, high-availability systems for real-time robot telemetry & control.
Make critical technology decisions to ensure scalability, security, and low-latency operations.
Work closely with robotics engineers & cloud architects to design integration protocols.
Establish and enforce development standards, best practices, and technical documentation.
Implement event-driven architectures for handling high-throughput sensor data.
Optimize performance for real-time messaging and streaming architectures.
Ensure security, authentication, and encryption best practices for connected devices.

7+ years of backend software development experience, including system architecture.
Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and designing scalable infrastructure.
Proven track record of architecting and building backend systems from inception.
Experience with containerization & orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
Deep experience with IoT communication protocols, particularly MQTT.
Expertise in real-time data processing & streaming (e.g., Kafka, Flink, Spark).
Strong knowledge of databases (SQL - PostgreSQL/MySQL, NoSQL - DynamoDB, MongoDB).
Solid understanding of security best practices for IoT/cloud-connected devices. (Nice to Have)
Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and communicate complex ideas effectively. (Nice to Have)
Experience designing MQTT brokers and topic hierarchies for large-scale IoT deployments. (Nice to Have)
Hands-on experience with robotics, IoT, or industrial automation systems. (Nice to Have)
Familiarity with ROS (Robot Operating System) or other robotic middleware. (Nice to Have)
Deep knowledge of message queue systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, ZeroMQ). (Nice to Have)
Experience with real-time communication protocols (WebSockets, gRPC, RTSP). (Nice to Have)
Previous startup experience or experience in early-stage engineering teams. (Nice to Have)
Technical leadership or prior experience leading backend teams. (Nice to Have)