# Cloud/Backend Engineer

About Our Work We are neuroscientists who build ground-breaking technology for the spatial computing era. We stimulate nerves to create artificial tactile sensations, creating new, more meaningful connections to the user for notifications, 3D digital content, physical AI, health information, and beyond. Our first products will be mobile, wearable devices that stream haptic data from multiple digital sources to create meaningful sensations of touch. What You'll Be Doing The Cloud/Backend Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, testing, and troubleshooting cloud-based software and database solutions, including interfaces with SDKs and middleware. This role works independently on complex technical objectives, provides technical leadership and problem-solving expertise, and collaborates with software, development, leadership, and cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, reliable solutions aligned with product and business goals. Key Responsibilities Lead the design, development, testing, and maintenance of cloud backend software and database solutions. Develop and maintain interfaces between cloud backend systems, SDKs, middleware, and other software components. Work in

- **Id**: 1101792
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/afference-cloudbackend-engineer>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cleveland, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-21T20:25:05Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-21
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T11:11:01Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 46
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6773
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Virtual & Augmented Reality

## Company

- **Id**: 669730
- **Name**: Afference
- **Domain**: afference.io
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/afference>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 3
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 147000
- **Max**: 165000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 165000

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **C#** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **GCP** — Optional: no
- **Go** — Optional: no
- **JavaScript** — Optional: no
- **Physical AI** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **TypeScript** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 46

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-21T23:30:58Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 25
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.558
- **P room**: 0.45
- **Age days**: 46
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:tail
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 165000
- **Is top pay**: no

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