Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 11, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 10, 2026.
Join our team as a Senior Backend Software Engineer, where you will play a crucial role in building and maintaining the backend platform for our connected-device products. You will work across various areas including cloud services, APIs, data pipelines, fleet management, and real-time device communications. Your responsibilities will include developing and improving backend services, designing and maintaining PostgreSQL schemas, building data-ingestion services, and investigating and resolving production issues. This is a hands-on role that requires strong experience in backend software development, Python, and cloud services.
Missions
- Contribuer à la construction, à la maintenance et à l'amélioration des services backend Python/FastAPI, des API REST et des points de terminaison WebSocket.
- Développer des fonctionnalités pour le provisionnement des appareils, la gestion de la flotte, la télémétrie, les événements, l'état des appareils, la gestion du firmware et les mises à jour OTA.
- Participer aux revues de code et contribuer à des pratiques d'ingénierie claires et maintenables, tout en partageant vos connaissances et en aidant à établir des modèles backend sensés.
Profil recherché
- This is a hands-on role for an engineer who enjoys building production systems, solving practical problems, and working closely with embedded, hardware, frontend, and product teams- Experience with AWS services-or comparable cloud platforms-with hands-on AWS experience preferred, especially EC2, Lambda, S3, Cognito, and infrastructure-as-code
- Experience with Git workflows, CI/CD, code review, and production deployment practices
- Clear communicator who can work effectively across engineering disciplines
- 5+ years of backend software development experience in production systems
- Strong Python experience and hands-on experience with FastAPI, Django, Flask, or comparable backend frameworks
- Experience with MQTT, WebSockets, message-driven architecture, or real-time data delivery
- Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL, SQL, schema design, migrations, query optimization, and data lifecycle management
- Experience designing and building REST APIs
- Experience with Linux
- Strong automated-testing skills, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing
- This is a fast-paced, high-impact environment - flexibility to occasionally work extended hours or weekends during critical periods is expected
- Experience in aerospace, satellite, industrial IoT, or other mission-critical environments
- Experience with AWS CDK, Terraform, or other infrastructure-as-code tools
- Familiarity with embedded systems, wireless communications, or sensor-rich hardware
- Experience with AWS IoT Core, IoT Jobs, Device Shadows, or IoT fleet provisioning
- Experience building cloud-connected IoT, device-management, telemetry, or other event-driven systems
- Experience building firmware OTA, device telemetry, or fleet-management platforms
- Experience with Redis, RDS Proxy, queues, stream processing, or event-driven architectures
- Experience with security-focused systems, audit logging, or operational compliance

