Staff Engineer - Backend Engineering
Who We Are:
Aviatrix is pioneering the Cloud Native Security Fabric - the architecture the Containment Era requires. The Cloud Native Security Fabric governs every workload communication path across every cloud, every VPC, every Kubernetes cluster, and every serverless function, from a single policy plane. One rule. Universal propagation. Enforced at the workload, not at a chokepoint. Trusted by more than 500 of the world's leading enterprises. For more information, visit aviatrix.ai.
About the Role - Staff Engineer - Backend Engineering
Aviatrix PaaS delivers intelligent, multi-cloud network and security services as a managed offering. We are seeking a Staff Engineer - Backend Engineering to lead the design and delivery of Golang-based microservices, large-scale data engineering pipelines, and enterprise SaaS platform operations on AWS. You will set technical direction, raise the engineering bar across the team, and drive platform reliability and scalability at enterprise scale.
Position Responsibilities
Architecture & Technical Leadership
Own the end-to-end architecture and delivery of major backend platform capabilities; break down complex problems into well-scoped engineering efforts and guide execution.
Define next-generation architectures for distributed Golang microservices and high-throughput data pipelines on AWS; establish standards the broader engineering org adopts.
Write design proposals and technical documents that articulate trade-offs and long-term platform direction for engineering and product leadership.
Drive improvements to platform reliability, security posture, and engineering quality across the team.
Golang Microservices Engineering
Lead design and implementation of production-grade Golang microservices; establish team-wide service patterns, API conventions, and coding standards.
Architect synchronous (gRPC, REST) and asynchronous (event-driven) inter-service communication with a focus on fault tolerance and operational simplicity.
Drive SLO/SLA definition, distributed tracing, structured logging, alerting, and capacity planning across the microservices estate.
Set a high bar through rigorous design and code reviews; mentor engineers on idiomatic Golang, testability, and production readiness.
Data Engineering & Pipelines
Architect and deliver large-scale data engineering pipelines for real-time streaming and batch workloads, with a focus on reliability, throughput, and data quality.
Own adoption and integration of AWS data pipeline services: Amazon Kinesis, Amazon MSK (Kafka), AWS Glue, AWS Step Functions, and Amazon EMR.
Define pipeline reliability standards: idempotency, dead-letter queue handling, delivery semantics, schema governance, and back-pressure management.
Establish pipeline observability practices: throughput/latency dashboards, data quality monitoring, lineage tracking, SLA alerting, and cost-per-record analysis.
SaaS Platform Operations
Drive SaaS-specific platform capabilities: multi-tenancy isolation, tenant-aware data partitioning, rate limiting, quota management, and resource fairness.
Enforce AWS networking and security best practices: VPC architecture, IAM least-privilege, PrivateLink, Transit Gateway, and encryption in transit and at rest.
Lead platform infrastructure-as-code practices (Terraform/CDK) and CI/CD pipeline standards for consistent, auditable deployments.
Own the operational model: runbook standards, on-call practices, incident management, and post-incident review culture.
Team Leadership & Influence
Mentor engineers and serve as a technical anchor for the team; foster a culture of rigorous technical thinking and continuous improvement.
Partner with product management and leadership to align backend platform investments with business priorities and customer commitments.
Lead escalations and critical production incidents; drive root-cause analysis and long-term remediation.
Contribute to recruiting and interviewing; help define bar-raising standards for backend and data engineering hires.
Requirements
Experience & Education
6+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong track record of technical leadership on large-scale backend systems.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
Demonstrated experience designing and operating enterprise-grade SaaS/PaaS products at scale: multi-tenancy, high availability, and operational reliability.
Golang & Microservices
Expert proficiency in Golang; extensive experience building production-grade gRPC-based microservices.
Deep expertise in distributed systems: consistency models, fault tolerance, service discovery, circuit breaking, and distributed tracing.
Mastery of RESTful and gRPC API design, including versioning, backward compatibility, and API contract governance.
Strong understanding of concurrent Golang programming: goroutines, channels, sync primitives, and memory management.
Data Engineering & Pipelines
Deep, hands-on experience designing and operating large-scale data pipelines for real-time streaming and batch workloads in production.
Expert knowledge of AWS data pipeline services: Kinesis, Amazon MSK (Kafka), AWS Glue, Step Functions, and EMR.
Strong grasp of pipeline reliability patterns: idempotency, exactly-once semantics, dead-letter queues, and schema evolution.
Experience with data storage technologies relevant to SaaS data engineering: Amazon S3, Redshift, Aurora/RDS, and DynamoDB.
AWS & SaaS Platform
Deep expertise with AWS as a primary cloud platform; strong command of high-availability, multi-AZ deployment architectures.
Advanced knowledge of AWS networking and security: VPC design, IAM, PrivateLink, Transit Gateway, and security group management.
Proficiency with Kubernetes (EKS): scheduling, RBAC, networking (CNI), cluster operations, and multi-tenant workload isolation.
Strong experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CDK) and mature CI/CD pipelines for cloud-native backend services.
Nice to Have
Familiarity with data lakehouse tooling (Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, AWS Lake Formation) or Amazon OpenSearch Service.
Background in network security, cloud networking, or SASE/SD-WAN technologies.
Experience with multi-cloud environments (Azure, GCP) alongside AWS.
