Senior Software Engineer – Backend

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Posted 11 months ago

Engineering

Job Description

Job Description

As our next Senior Backend Engineer you will focus on the design, development, and operation of the server-side systems that power our cutting-edge robotics delivery platform. This role involves building robust, scalable microservices and integrations crucial for fleet operations, process integrations, and data processing in a cloud-native environment. You will play a key part in translating complex business requirements into reliable and efficient backend solutions.

Responsibilities

What you’ll be doing

Design and implement backend services for integrating RIVR's platform with our customers’ systems, to provide delightful delivery experiences.

Develop and enhance the backend infrastructure for our robot operations platform.

Develop backend components to aggregate Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), providing insights into platform performance and business value.

Contribute to the overall architecture, reliability, and scalability of our backend systems within a containerized microservices context.

Collaborate closely with frontend, robotics, and infrastructure engineers to deliver end-to-end features

What you must have

Approximately 5 years of professional experience designing, building, deploying, and operating backend systems in a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) context. You have production experience with:

Strong experience with Typescript, Java, C++ and/or Python

Service decomposition.

API design.

Different interaction patterns (e.g. RPC, publish/subscribe, event-driven).

At least two database technologies

Trading off consistency for availability/performance.

Proven experience (5+ major services) with at least one major cloud provider (AWS strongly preferred).

Demonstrable experience in at least one of the following areas:

Integrating with complex third-party APIs and building reliable, distributed workflows (e.g., using task queues, state machines).

Building event-driven applications and/or scalable data processing pipelines (e.g., using Kafka, message queues, serverless functions).

A business-oriented mindset, with a focus on leveraging technology to solve concrete problems and deliver value.

A strong sense of ownership, comfortable venturing beyond immediate expertise to understand and solve problems effectively.

The ability to earn trust by providing and receiving candid, constructive feedback.

Willingness to participate in on-call rotations to ensure the reliability of our production systems.

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical ideas clearly and drive mutual understanding across teams with diverse technical backgrounds.

Get some bonus points

Familiarity configuring and operating CI/CD pipelines.
Background in robotics, IoT, fleet management, or real-time data streaming systems.
Strong familiarity with observability such as OTLP, Grafana, prometheus, etc preferably in the context of devices with intermittent connectivity

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Posted on: Nov 20, 2025
Job type: Full-time
Location: ZürichOn-site

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