TL;DR

Senior Staff Software Engineer (Cloud Platform): Designing, building, and operating a scalable, cloud-first product platform that integrates AWS services with hardware-based IoT devices with an accent on backend services, infrastructure, and full-stack development. Focus on architecting distributed systems, optimizing database performance, and ensuring high standards of code quality and reliability.

Location: Remote (U.S.) or on-site in San Diego, CA

Salary: $183,500.00–$232,500.00

Company

Lytx builds a scalable, cloud-first product platform integrating large-scale AWS services with hardware-based IoT devices.

What you will do

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services running in AWS.
  • Contribute to system architecture and technical design for large-scale, distributed cloud deployments.
  • Develop services using Node.js and other backend technologies.
  • Work with PostgreSQL, including schema design and query performance optimization.
  • Build and maintain frontend applications using React and mobile applications with React Native for Android and iOS.
  • Ensure high standards of code quality, testing, reliability, and security with full task ownership.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Senior-level experience in software development for cloud-based systems.
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and cloud architecture.
  • Deep knowledge of AWS services and cloud-native design patterns.
  • Proven ability to work across the full stack: backend, frontend, infrastructure, and deployment.
  • Expertise in IP networking, including TCP/IP and related protocols.

Nice to have

  • Experience with large-scale, production cloud platforms.
  • Experience with IoT, device-integrated, or data-intensive systems.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments.

Culture & Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and benefits, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, and 401(k) with match.
  • High-impact role with significant technical ownership.
  • Opportunity to work across cloud, data, frontend, mobile, and infrastructure.
  • Flexible location: remote (U.S.) or on-site in San Diego.
  • Generous FTO/PTO and 11 paid holidays plus 1 inclusive holiday per year.