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Conduit · 11 hours ago

Backend Infrastructure Engineer

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

Conduit is a company focused on revolutionizing industrial automation through its FactoryOS platform. The Backend Infrastructure Engineer will architect systems for real-time automation, manage high-frequency data, and build resilient APIs to support manufacturing processes.

Information Technology & Services

Responsibilities

Build the nervous system of automation. Develop foundational backend modules for the FactoryOS — from API orchestration to device management, telemetry ingestion, and control systems

Migrate and modernize. Lead the transition of our Python microservices from AWS to Kubernetes, implementing GitOps workflows and ArgoCD for CI/CD

Stream and synchronize. Implement robust data streaming infrastructure (Kafka, ZeroMQ, or ROS) to handle high-frequency industrial telemetry across edge and cloud environments

Design for scale and resilience. Build APIs and backend services that can handle thousands of devices, users, and data streams with low latency and high reliability

Collaborate across the stack. Work closely with frontend, robotics, and data teams to define how factory devices communicate, integrate, and evolve

Shape the architecture. As one of the earliest backend engineers, your design decisions will become the foundation for every future service in the platform

Qualification

PythonKubernetesAPI developmentGitOpsData streamingCuriosityManufacturing experienceCollaboration

Required

Strong Python backend development skills, with experience designing and scaling API-driven systems

Hands-on experience with cloud-to-on-prem migrations using Kubernetes (or a deep desire to learn and own it end-to-end)

Understanding of GitOps principles and modern CI/CD workflows

Curiosity about real-world systems — you care how data moves from a robot sensor to a dashboard, and you want to make that movement instant and reliable