Taara · 14 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer, Cloud & Infrastructure
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$160K/yr - $210K/yr
4+ years expTaara is on a mission to connect billions of people lacking abundant and affordable internet today by pioneering the way we use light to deliver faster, cheaper, more reliable connectivity. As a Senior Software Engineer, Cloud & Infrastructure, you will design and scale the distributed systems and cloud-native infrastructure that manage and optimize wireless optical terminals globally.
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Responsibilities
Scale the Control Plane: Design and implement the cloud-native backend responsible for managing thousands of global optical terminals
Architect Telemetry Pipelines: Build robust data ingestion and processing systems to handle real-time performance metrics from the field
Bridge Edge and Cloud: Collaborate with embedded engineers to define how hardware communicates with the cloud, ensuring secure and efficient data flow
Automate Everything: Lead the "Infrastructure as Code" (IaC) strategy to ensure our global deployments are reproducible and resilient
Drive Observability: Develop the tools and dashboards that allow our Network Operations Center (NOC) to troubleshoot complex optical links instantly
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
4+ years of experience building and deploying scalable services on GCP, AWS, or Azure
Strong proficiency in Golang, Typescript, and/or Python
Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes) and distributed systems architecture
Proven track record of designing and maintaining clean, scalable APIs (gRPC, REST)
Experience with relational databases, NoSQL, timeseries databases (e.g., Prometheus), and message brokers (e.g., Pub/Sub, Kafka)
Experience with security best practices, least-privilege model, defining IAM roles/policies, and use of public key cryptography
Ability to work in the Sunnyvale office at least 3 days per week
Preferred
Familiarity with Terraform, Pulumi, or Ansible
Interest in (or experience with) Angular/React/TypeScript for internal monitoring tools
Understanding of L2/L3 networking, VPNs, and secure tunneling
Experience working in fast-paced environments where you might need to wear multiple hats
Experience or interest in how cloud services interact with physical IOT or networking hardware
Benefits
Bonus
Equity
Benefits
Company
Taara
Taara is a telecommunication company specializing in free-space optical solutions.
51-200 employees
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