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Somewear Labs

Senior Backend Engineer

Somewear Labs, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290

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$160,000.00/yr - $185,000.00/yr What you’ll do

Design, build, and scale backend services in Kotlin, Spring, Postgres, Redis, gRPC Power real-time data exchange for satellite and mesh-networked hardware Solve tough challenges around bandwidth-constrained, security-critical systems Architect and deliver integrations with partner platforms (government and commercial) Manage and evolve our AWS/GCP cloud infrastructure Partner closely with frontend engineers and designers to ship intuitive APIs and user experiences Set and raise the bar for engineering standards, tools, and processes What we’re looking for

8+ years of professional software engineering experience 2+ years of backend web application development (JVM preferred) Hands-on experience running production systems in AWS or GCP Strong systems thinker: balancing scalability, security, and reliability under real-world constraints Passionate about building for users whose safety depends on your work Excited to wear multiple hats in a lean startup — from infrastructure to APIs Ownership mindset: you bring ideas from concept to production and take pride in results What you’ll love about Somewear

Mission with impact: your work directly contributes to saving lives Full ownership: end-to-end responsibility for projects, not just tickets Growth environment: exposure across the stack, from custom hardware to cloud services Direct impact: access to senior leadership and the ability to shape engineering culture An ambitious, motivated team that’s serious about impact and enjoys working together Location

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Ready to build technology that saves lives? Apply now and join us in shaping the future of mission-critical communications.

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