Senior Software Engineer

Backend Engineer – Product Engineering

At Plume, we believe that technology isn’t about moving faster, it’s about making life’s moments better. Which is why we’ve built the world’s first—and only—open, hardware‑independent service delivery platform for smart homes, small businesses, enterprises, and beyond. Our SaaS platform uses WiFi, advanced AI, and machine learning to create the future of connected spaces—and human experiences—at massive scale.

We now deliver services to over 60 million locations worldwide and have managed more than 3 billion devices on our platform. We're expanding rapidly, pioneering a new category, and we achieved Series F funding in just four years. Our customers include many of the world’s largest Internet Service Providers (ISPs) who look to Plume to evolve their smart‑home offerings and glean insights from their own data.

With a bias for action and a love for being trailblazers, the team at Plume embodies relentless curiosity and imaginative innovation. We challenge ourselves to think in ways that other companies don’t, work to do what should be done (rather than what can), and if we can’t do it exceptionally well, we don’t do it. It’s how we assemble a team of world‑class builders, thinkers, and doers, and how we reinvent what’s possible every day.

As part of our Product Engineering organization, you will play a critical role in building scalable, high‑performance backend systems that directly power customer‑facing products and internal platforms. Product Engineering translates product vision into reliable, secure, and production‑grade software solutions.

This role sits at the intersection of product strategy and technical execution—partnering closely with Product, Design, and cross‑functional engineering squads to rapidly ship impactful features while maintaining long‑term architectural integrity. You’ll help shape the technical foundation of our products, ensuring they are scalable, resilient, observable, and built with engineering excellence.

• API Development: Design, implement, and maintain RESTful and gRPC APIs powering internal and external applications.
• Cloud Microservices: Architect and deploy scalable microservices in AWS, GCP, or Azure using Kubernetes and modern Dev Ops practices.
• Data Pipelines: Build real‑time and batch data pipelines, ensuring data accuracy, performance, and observability (e.g., EMR on EKS).
• Collaboration: Partner with cross‑functional squad members to deliver features end‑to‑end, from concept to production.
• System Reliability: Optimize services for scalability, resilience, and high availability.
• Engineering Excellence: Contribute to architecture discussions, enforce coding standards, and drive best practices in CI/CD, testing, and monitoring.
• Security: Embed security and compliance into backend systems and data workflows.

• Strong proficiency in Scala, Go, or Java and Python (experience with multiple is a plus).
• Proven experience with distributed systems, microservices, and event‑driven architectures.
• Fundamental understanding of computer networking (including Wi‑Fi), operating systems, and databases.
• Hands‑on expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Familiarity with data engineering (ETL pipelines, real‑time streaming with Kafka or Pulsar, batch processing frameworks).
• Experience with SQL and No
  
  SQL databases (e.g., Postgre
  
  SQL, Mongo
  
  DB, Cassandra, Dynamo
  
  DB).
• Solid knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK).
• Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to thrive in an agile, squad‑based environment.

• Functional programming experience in Scala.
• Experience with caching layers, distributed storage, and message queues.
• Familiarity with AI‑powered developer tools such as ChatGPT, Cursor, Git Hub Copilot, or similar.
• Contributions to open‑source projects or personal projects showcasing backend innovation.

We are unable to offer sponsorship at this time. The total compensation package includes an anticipated base salary range of $ – $, plus bonus, equity, and benefits. Benefits include…