Backend Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 16, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 16, 2026.
At Viaduct, we use patented AI to discover hidden patterns in complex time series data - so manufacturers and operators of connected equipment can deliver transformative business results from their data, fast. On our platform we deliver solutions across the equipment lifecycle, from manufacturing productivity, manufacturing quality, service operations and fleet management.
Who You Are
You are an empathetic engineer. You pay attention to the long term implications of your design decisions and how they may affect future users of the application. Clarity is better than cleverness - simplicity is top of mind when writing code or designing new services. You know when to make the trade-off between getting work done and doing it perfectly.
About the Role
As a backend developer, you will build both the backend for new services, as well as develop the tools, frameworks, and environments that enable future backend engineers to excel. You will collaborate closely with the product team to ensure your service design is precisely aligned with our customers’ needs.
Responsibilities
- Creating software design and architecture proposals
- Planning, coordinating, and estimating the work and time required to deliver new features
- Developing, deploying, and monitoring internal and customer-facing micro-services from code to Kubernetes
- Implementing modern analytic and monitoring tools
- Configuring CI to allow correct and rapid iteration on code
About You
- 3+ years of experience working a backend role
- Experience as a tech lead or mentor
- 2+ years working with Go
- Experience writing, building, and deploying your own Docker images
- Experience working with analytic and monitoring tools, such as Sentry, DataDog, Mixpanel, New Relic, etc
- Professional experience with Kubernetes
Bonus
- Contributor to open source projects
- Experience in the Automotive industry or a love of cars
- Prior work in small, agile teams
Security and Privacy Responsibilities
- Follow our policy and procedure documents related to security and privacy
- Follow the guidelines in the Employee Handbook
- Participate in new hire and annual training for security and privacy
- Treat data security and privacy as one of your primary job responsibilities
- Report Security Incidents you discover as bugs
- Get approval from the Security Team before adding new 3rd party software to our codebase
- Explicitly consider security implications when doing PR reviews