Backend Software Engineer
CHAOS Industries
San Francisco, United States Posted October 26, 2026
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Salary Range
$130,000 - $220,000
Job Description
Join a small, collaborative team as a Backend Software Engineer, where you'll design and operate the backend services and cloud infrastructure for advanced radar systems. This high-ownership role involves influencing architecture, building production systems, and defining the engineering foundations of a rapidly evolving platform. You'll work closely with software, hardware, and systems engineers to deliver secure, reliable end-to-end capabilities from sensor to cloud. Enjoy generous benefits, including pre-IPO stock options, relocation assistance, and unlimited PTO.
- Design and operate backend services and cloud infrastructure that ingest, process, and deliver mission-critical sensor data at scale.
- Define infrastructure as code, automate deployments, and continuously improve the platform through modern DevOps practices.
- Shape the technical direction of the platform, making architectural decisions that support new capabilities, increasing scale, and long-term maintainability.
- We’re looking for exceptional backend and cloud engineers who are excited by solving hard technical problems and building systems that matter
- You don’t need experience with every technology we use—we value strong engineering fundamentals, curiosity, and the ability to learn quickly
- Enjoy solving complex cloud infrastructure and distributed systems challenges
- Are eager to learn new technologies and adapt to new technical domains
- Enjoy building scalable backend systems and taking ownership of production services
- Communicate well and enjoy collaborating across software, hardware, and systems engineering teams
- Care deeply about reliability, security, scalability, and operational excellence
- Are motivated by building technology with meaningful real-world impact
- Python and modern backend development
- Experience in one or more of the following is a plus:
- Azure or another major cloud platform
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), Kubernetes, containers, and CI/CD
- Frontend development using modern web technologies (TypeScript/React) or a willingness to work across the stack when needed
- Real-time data pipelines or distributed systems
Required Skills
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