Senior/Principal Backend & Platform Software Engineer

Overview

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BRINC Drones helps first responders with products that quickly and effectively respond to emergencies. Our technology allows first responders to get eyes and ears on what’s happening in indoor structures when it’s too dangerous for people to enter – whether it be a fire, medical emergencies, violence, or search and rescue. In March 2023, we released the Lemur 2, our latest and most advanced drone, and we started shipping it to customers the same year.

In addition to launching more advanced drones, we’re also expanding our software ecosystem into realtime monitoring and fleet management, and we recently shipped the first version of our first web app: LiveOps.  This app gives drone operators and first response teams access to real-time live-streaming drone data such as visual and thermal video feeds, 3D map data via point clouds, and a myriad of drone telemetry – it’s essentially a web-based drone fleet management software. But our vision isn’t just fleet management; LiveOps represents a critical part of BRINC’s transition from a company that just sells drones to a company that sells entire drone programs: we want to build out the entire drone ecosystem (both hardware and software) for our customers.

It’s an ambitious goal, but it’s one that we feel confident about – we’ve got a lot of interest from customers in what we’ve built so far, and we are seeking a backend/platform engineer to join our engineering team and contribute to the development of the real-time platform and infrastructure that powers our web app.

Responsibilities

Own the scalable backend platform that supports our worldwide real-time services
Ensure our platform is secure, reliable, and performant
Build our platform infrastructure and tooling
Rapidly prototype new project ideas for customers and internal stakeholders
Work with cross-functional hardware and autonomy teams to solve challenges like streaming and displaying live drone data for non-technical users in a variety of formats
Basic Requirements

A Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in computer science or a related field and 6+ years of experience shipping high-quality code and building robust infrastructure
Experience building backend platforms, from the infrastructure up to the API layer (bonus if you’ve built real-time data platforms, scalable microservice architectures, and dealing with security & encryption requirements)
Experience with modern cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc) and are comfortable switching between software engineering and Cloud DevOps
Familiarity with serverless architecture, and understand the tradeoffs between performance and cost when running servers at scale
Excellent attention to detail, especially around scalability, performance, and security
You take a creative approach to problem-solving and have exceptional analytical skills
You thrive in a dynamic environment with changing needs and requirements
You want to work independently and in a small team, take initiative, and communicate effectively across the organization
Projects you may work on:

Streaming various types of data from drones to web and mobile devices
Scaling our backend architecture to support massive fleets of drones
Integrating with third-party APIs, such as Live911 and Twilio, to augment our web application with versatile external features and services
Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, developer tools, and test infrastructure
Brinc is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that is resolute in cultivating an environment that promotes safety, diversity, inclusion and equity. We’re committed to hiring the best talent — regardless of race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances — and empowering every employee so they can do their best work. If you have a disability or special need, please let our recruiting team know – we strive to provide appropriate accommodation and assistance.

Benefits and perks listed below may vary based on the nature of your employment with Brinc and/or the country within which you work

Comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans for our employees and their families
401K plan
Maternity and paternity leave
Paid time off
Flexible work environment
Orca pass (for those in Puget Sound)
Free parking (Seattle office)
Free snacks, drinks and espresso (Seattle office)
Pay range: $95,000/yr – $225,000/yr. Exact compensation may vary based on skills and experience. Compensation listed below may also be considered in an offer. This will be based on the nature of your employment with BRINC and/or the country within which you work:

Equity (stock options)

Tagged as: backend, full-stack, platform software, web app