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Our RTK Corrections Network and Positioning Engine deliver centimeter-level accuracy and high-confidence positioning for vehicles, robots, drones, and devices across industries. We're API-first, developer-focused, and pushing the boundaries of autonomy and automation.\nRole Outcome\nStaff Network Backend Engineers own the design, implementation, and reliability of the backend services and APIs that power Point One's RTK Correction Network - from correction-data ingestion and distribution to the customer-facing APIs that deliver positioning at scale.\nThis is an ownership-first role: you will design and build distributed systems that serve real-time corrections to hundreds of thousands of devices in the field, with the latency, availability, and the correctness that mission-critical positioning demands.\nThe RTK Corrections Network is the backbone connecting our reference stations to every device that depends on us. This team is responsible for keeping it fast, reliable, and scalable: designing services that handle growing traffic, responding to evolving customer needs, and ensuring the network stays observable, tested, and production-ready as it grows.\nSuccess in this role means:\nBackend services are robust, performant, and scalable across a growing base of devices, customers, and geographies.\n\nReal-time corrections are delivered with low latency and high availability, even under load and partial failure.\n\nAPIs are well-designed, well-documented, and easy for customers and internal teams to build on.\n\nEngineering decisions reflect a deep understanding of real-world constraints - latency, throughput, reliability, scale, and cost.\n\nCustomer challenges are met with well-designed, durable solutions.\n\nObservability and testing are treated as first-class responsibilities, giving the team and customers confidence in every release.\n\nImmediate Areas of Focus\nOwn Backend Services and APIs\nLead design, implementation, and optimization of backend services that power the RTK Corrections Network and customer-facing APIs.\n\nBuild and evolve API-first services that are clear, well-documented, and reliable for internal and external developers.\n\nBreak down high-level goals into concrete tasks, schedules, and milestones, and hold yourself accountable for delivering against them.\n\nDrive performance and efficiency improvements across the request path - latency, throughput, and cost.\n\nEnsure the service stack is well-structured, maintainable, and built to last as the product and customer base grow.\n\n Scale the RTK Corrections Network\nOwn the ingestion, processing, and distribution of GNSS correction data from reference stations to devices in the field.\n\nDesign streaming and connectivity paths (e.g., NTRIP and similar protocols) that deliver corrections reliably and at low latency.\n\nExpand network capacity and coverage as new regions, stations, and customers come online.\n\nBuild Reliable Distributed Systems\nDesign for high availability, graceful degradation, and recovery under partial failure.\n\nOwn observability - metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting - so issues are caught and resolved before customers feel them.\n\nIdentify and resolve bottlenecks and reliability risks early, particularly as traffic and scale grow.\n\nRespond to Customer and Market Challenges\nEngage directly with evolving customer needs and translate them into well-designed, durable technical solutions.\n\nCollaborate with embedded, firmware, infrastructure, and customer-facing teams to deliver reliable end-to-end systems.\n\nSurface technical risks and tradeoffs early so architecture and delivery decisions reflect real-world constraints.\n\n Own Testing and Verification\nDesign and maintain rigorous testing strategies across backend services and the correction pipeline.\n\nTreat test coverage as a first-class engineering responsibility - ensuring the team and customers have confidence in every release.\n\nIdentify gaps in coverage proactively, particularly as new services, protocols, or customer configurations are added.\n\nQualifications\n7+ years of professional software development, with significant depth in backend or distributed systems.\n\nProven ability to design, build, and operate production backend services and APIs at scale - from architecture through deployment and on-call ownership.\n\nProven ability to decompose high-level goals into actionable tasks, realistic schedules, and clear milestones - with a track record of delivering on commitments.\n\nStrong proficiency in a backend language such as Go, Java, or Python.\n\nDeep understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, TLS, HTTP) and experience building low-latency, high-throughput services.\n\nExperience designing and operating distributed systems - availability, scaling, and observability.\n\nHands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or similar), containers, and CI/CD.\n\nExperience designing and owning testing and verification strategies for complex systems.\n\nBS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.\n\nBonus Points For\nExperience with real-time data streaming or low-latency messaging (gRPC, Kafka).\n\nExperience with distributed processing frameworks (Flink, Spark, Hadoop)\n\nWorking knowledge of GNSS, RTK corrections, or positioning technologies.\n\nBackground in highly available or mission-critical systems.\n\nExperience with infrastructure-as-code and large-scale observability tooling.\n\nOur Cultural Foundation\nAt Point One, our cultural and operating design is built around one guiding principle: we must move with extreme speed and efficiency of effort to stay in a leadership position.\nThis environment gives people a high level of autonomy and the ability to make a real impact. It also challenges every team member to grow - both professionally and personally. Because we focus on promoting from within rather than relying on external hiring, the opportunities for advancement are tremendous for those who seek them.\nThat said, growth only comes from delivering in the present. What matters most is the job to be done today, not the job you want tomorrow. When we all focus on today’s outcomes with excellence, the path to greater responsibility and growth naturally follows.\nWe think about our culture in two dimensions:\nHow We Show Up Every Day\nThese are the behaviors we expect every team member to bring to work - the foundation of being a consummate, high-output teammate:\nTrust / Assume Best Intent - Trust allows us to move fast. When we start from trust, we spend no time second-guessing or looking for ulterior motives and thus focus all our energy on acting.\n\nHigh Output, Action Oriented - Our default posture is “yes.” We bias toward action and deliver results quickly, knowing that speed and efficiency compound into impact as we unblock others around us.\n\nDivine Discontent - We’re never satisfied with the status quo and are self-motivated to improve ourselves, our work, and our company. We actively seek feedback in real-time to shorten improvement cycles.\n\nNo Ego, One Team - Collaboration without ego creates leverage. When we win as one team, we eliminate friction and move faster together.\n\nSelf Accountability - Taking ownership is the straightest line to learning, self-improvement, and correcting our course of action. And blaming others around us is a fast path to destroying trust.\n\nOperating Principles\nThese are the systems and norms that amplify speed and efficiency at the company level:\nEdge Innovation - We bias toward action over approval. Experiment, decide, and move - failure is just a step toward faster learning.\n\nNo Hierarchies - We practice self-prioritization and go direct to the source. Flattening layers reduces drag and maximizes autonomy.\n\nCustomer Experience First - We optimize for the end-to-end customer outcome, not functional or departmental efficiency. This focus cuts waste, aligns priorities, and ensures we spend effort where it matters most.\n\nIf this role sounds like a fit, we’d love to hear from you. 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