Senior Software Engineer

Key Skills

Ansible, Apache Hive, Apache Kafka, AWS, C++, Deep Learning, DevOps, Docker, Effective communication skills, Elasticsearch, Java Programming, Kubernetes-K8s, NoSQL, Postgres, Python Programming, PyTorch, REDIS, Scala Programming, Streaming APIs, TensorFlow, Terraform

Job Description

Volt AI is a forward-thinking Silicon Valley startup that is shaping the future of physical security and safety. We are currently seeking a Senior Software Engineer who is passionate about creating products with a profound impact. Our dedicated team is currently working on a comprehensive suite of cutting-edge systems and products that will shape the future of safety and security. If you have a deep interest in building intelligent and distributed systems, scalable cloud services, or dynamic consumer applications, we want to connect with you.

You Will

• Implement robust backend APIs, real-time data pipelines, cache layers, highly-available streaming services, and scalable infrastructure for enterprise and internal systems
• Design secure, efficient, observable, and robust software for dealing with real-time data and video
• Recognize and execute on opportunities to create tools and infrastructure to improve developer efficiency
• Take ownership of a wide range of systems and drive projects from concept through shipping.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience 
• Experience leading 5 to 10-person teams for 4+ years
• Ability to work anywhere in the technical stack, with a primary focus on quality backend code
• High proficiency in Java, Scala, Python, C++ and use of gRPC and Protobuf
• Expertise with graph databases and NoSQL schema design, time-series DBs, and data ‘warehouses’
• ElasticSearch, Neptune (AWS), Hive, Redis, Postgres
• Experience architecting production-ready APIs, scalable infrastructure, or high-volume data pipelines
• gRPC, Envoy Proxy, Kafka, Kafka Streams
• Experience working with Deep Learning systems and deploying ML models (TensorFlow, DarkNet, PyTorch)
• Experience working with React web applications 
• Familiarity with both AWS and modern DevOps tooling (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes)
• Kinesis Video Stream, ECS, Neptune, OpenSearch, SQS, EC2 
• Ability to take a concept and systematically drive it through the software lifecycle: architecture, development, testing, q/a, and deployment
• Strong verbal and written communications skills and independent work ethic