Software Development Engineer II
First seen by Alion on Oct 7, 2026.
About the Role :
We are looking for a Backend Engineer (SDE 2) to build scalable backend systems for EV charging infrastructure and energy management platforms. The role focuses on developing high-performance APIs, event-driven systems, and data pipelines that process EV telemetry, charging sessions, and energy analytics.
What You'll Own :
- Design and develop scalable backend services and RESTful/WebSocket APIs.
- Build microservices using Go.
- Design and optimize databases for high-volume telemetry and charging-session data.
- Build event-driven systems and data pipelines using Kafka or similar messaging systems.
- Work on real-time and batch processing workflows for telemetry, energy metrics, and analytics.
- Improve application reliability, performance, monitoring, and observability.
- Deploy and operate services using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Participate in system design, architecture discussions, code reviews, testing, and technical documentation.
- Mentor and support junior engineers when required.
Required Qualifications :
- 3 - 5+ years of backend development experience building scalable APIs and microservices.
- Strong proficiency in Golang.
- Strong understanding of PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or other relational/NoSQL databases.
- Experience with query optimization, indexing, schema design, partitioning, or replication.
- Experience building event-driven or distributed systems using Kafka or similar messaging systems.
- Familiarity with GCP or other cloud platforms.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, Kibana, or ELK.
- Strong understanding of system design, scalability, and performance optimization.
- Experience writing clean, maintainable, testable code with unit and integration tests.
Nice to Have :
- Experience working with EV charging, energy management, mobility, or IoT platforms.
- Experience processing high-volume telemetry or time-series data.
- Experience with real-time data processing and analytics pipelines.
- Experience with WebSockets or other real-time communication protocols.
- Experience with CI/CD and production infrastructure.
- Experience working with distributed systems at scale.
Why Join Us :
- Build backend infrastructure powering EV charging and energy platforms.
- Work on distributed systems, real-time data, and high-volume telemetry.
- Solve challenging problems around scalability, reliability, and performance.
- Take meaningful ownership of production systems and technical decisions.
Skills
Golang, Distributed Systems, Kafka, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Microservices Architecture, RESTful API, WebSockets, Cloud