[Remote] Staff Engineer - Engineering Platform

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Arlo Technologies, Inc. is dedicated to creating innovative and reliable security solutions. They are seeking a Staff Engineer to lead the architecture and modernization of their Java-based cloud platform, ensuring scalability and high performance while driving best engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve scalable, high-availability distributed system architecture
• Lead modernization of microservices and modular Java platforms
• Establish technical roadmaps aligned with product and business priorities
• Develop high-performance backend services using Java and Spring Boot
• Optimize systems for scalability, low latency, and reliability under heavy load
• Strengthen CI/CD, containerization, and deployment automation practices
• Drive best practices in observability, security, and system reliability
• Architect and operate cloud-native systems on AWS (EKS, Lambda, DynamoDB, Aurora, S3, etc.)
• Design and optimize SQL and NoSQL data models for performance and scale
• Leverage AI tools (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, etc.) to accelerate design, refactoring, testing, and modernization while ensuring enterprise-grade quality and security standards
• Influence technical direction across teams
• Partner with Product, DevOps, SRE, and Security to align engineering initiatives with business goals

Skills

• 10+ years of backend engineering experience, primarily in Java
• Strong expertise in Spring Boot and distributed systems architecture
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines
• Advanced experience with SQL and DynamoDB
• Experience operating high-throughput systems (1M+ requests/min)
• Real-time or event-driven systems expertise (MQTT, streaming)
• Strong understanding of observability, distributed tracing, and performance tuning
• Solid knowledge of OAuth2/OIDC and security best practices
• Demonstrated cross-team technical leadership and mentorship capability
• Proven experience building and operating large-scale production systems on AWS (7+ years preferred)
• IoT or event-driven domain experience preferred

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Full range of benefits

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