# Lead Software Engineer (Backend) at Aerovy in Seattle,…

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# Lead Software Engineer (Backend)

Aerovy 

** Seattle, United States ** Full Time ** Technology Jobs ** United States ** New

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## Job Description

### Job Summary

As a lead software engineer at Aerovy, you’ll lead architect and deliver core components of our cloud platform, serving real-time applications across energy, IoT, telematics, and AI.

You’ll work on a modular extensible system that powers everything from EV fleets and battery platforms to electric aircraft and robotics. This is a hands‑on, full‑stack opportunity where you’ll own features end‑to‑end, from concept to launch, and work closely with a nimble, high‑caliber team.

If you're excited about building high‑performance production systems, solving hard problems at scale, and shipping real value in a fast‑moving environment, we’d love to talk.

### Job Requirements

- Bachelor or Master of Science in Computer Science or related fields with 5 or more years of industry experience

- Passion for finding and solving hard problems

- Passion for learning and growing both technically and non‑technically

- Strong understanding of distributed systems, micro‑service architectures, RESTful APIs, and event‑driven systems

- Extensive experience in Cloud/IaaC Infrastructure and Tooling preferably AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, AWS Batch, DynamoDB, CloudFormation/CDK, etc.)

- Excellent communication skills and proven ability to convey complex ideas to diverse stakeholders in a concise and clear manner

- Designed, developed and maintained high‑performance services and software infrastructure using AWS or equivalent cloud services

- Lead technical design and architecture discussions across multiple systems and teams

- Championed engineering best practices, including CI/CD, monitoring, testing, and code quality

- We are looking for a candidate with a proven track record shipping production systems to lead the development of a scalable, secure, and high‑performance platform

### Nice to haves

- Production experience in Cloud/IaaC Infrastructure and Tooling preferably AWS (EC2, ECS, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, CloudFormation/CDK, etc.)

- Production experience in Docker/containerized applications

- Production experience with near real‑time/real‑time analytics, time series databases

- Production experience with MQTT

### Responsibilities

- You will play a key role in architecting solutions, mentoring engineers, and driving technical excellence across our cloud‑native platforms.

- You will be expected to function independently and proactively.

- You will be routinely given requirements and be accountable to drive delivery end‑to‑end.

- You will be expected to derive clear actionable engineering requirements from customer requirements, market data, and product strategy.

- Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver business‑critical features and services

- Provide mentorship and guidance to junior and mid‑level engineers

- Own the reliability, scalability, maintainability, and performance of critical production systems

- Contribute to the long‑term technical vision and roadmap of our platform aligned with product strategy and business needs

### Additional Notes

- This is an in‑person role in Seattle with hybrid opportunities available on a case‑by‑case basis, offering flexibility while ensuring close collaboration with product, engineering, and business stakeholders.

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Posted August 15, 2026