Aera Technology is the Decision Intelligence company We deliver innovation and services that enable enterprises to operate sustainably intelligently and efficiently Our platform Aera Decision Cloud TM integrates with your existing systems to digitize augment and automate decisions in real time Aera helps enterprises around the world transform decision making - delivering millions of recommendations that have resulted in significant revenue gains and cost savings for some of the world s best-known brands Privately-held and VC-funded we have a global team of over 400 Aeranauts - and we re growing We deliver Decision Intelligence innovation and services that enable enterprises to automate and scale decision making with accuracy and speed We continue to be the trusted choice of market leaders for our proven ability to generate value and unlock opportunities that were previously unattainable Responsibilities Technical Leadership Lead and mentor backend engineers ensuring best practices in distributed system design coding testing and DevOps Architecture Design Own the end-to-end design of scalable secure and self-healing distributed systems and APIs Cloud-Native Engineering Build and operate containerized applications using Python Docker Kubernetes Helm with GitOps-driven workflows via ArgoCD Distributed Communication Architect systems with robust service-to-service communication using REST gRPC pub sub and event-driven messaging Kafka RabbitMQ integrated with service meshes Istio Linkerd Scalability Reliability Design horizontally scalable resilient and fault-tolerant systems with automated recovery health probes and graceful degradation Traffic Management Rate Limiting Implement API gateways rate limiting quotas and load balancing to protect services and enforce SLAs CI CD DevOps Define and optimize CI CD pipelines Jenkins GitHub Actions Argo Workflows with safe deployment strategies blue-green canary rollbacks Database Design Performance Design and optimize relational and NoSQL databases handle sharding replication and improve performance with caching Redis Memcached Observability Implement monitoring logging and tracing Prometheus Grafana OpenTelemetry ELK EFK for end-to-end visibility Code Quality Reviews Set engineering standards conduct code design reviews and ensure delivery of modular maintainable production-ready code Collaboration Work cross-functionally with product managers DevOps SRE and architects to align business needs with technical solutions Problem Solving Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks scaling issues and complex failures in distributed systems Innovation Research emerging backend cloud-native and distributed systems technologies drive adoption of impactful solutions Delivery Ownership Own technical delivery availability and scalability outcomes Knowledge Sharing Promote design discussions documentation and continuous learning within the team About You Education B E B Tech in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent experience Experience 8-11 years in backend engineering with expertise in Python and distributed systems Python Expertise Strong background in building robust APIs and microservices with frameworks like FastAPI Flask or Django Distributed Systems Experience designing and operating distributed services using service meshes API gateways and event-driven messaging Kafka RabbitMQ Traffic Management Hands-on experience implementing rate limiting throttling quotas and load balancing Kubernetes Containers Deep understanding of Kubernetes Docker Helm and GitOps with ArgoCD Scalability Self-Healing Proven ability to design systems that auto-scale auto-recover and degrade gracefully Database Systems Skilled in schema design query optimization replication partitioning and database performance tuning System Design Strong knowledge of distributed architecture patterns leader election consensus CQRS event sourcing DevOps CI CD Experience with Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI Argo and observability stacks Collaboration Leadership Strong communicator with experience leading teams mentoring engineers and partnering with product DevOps Bonus Knowledge of Java or Go is an added advantage especially for working across polyglot distributed systems Mindset Ownership-driven proactive and passionate about building scalable resilient and fair-use systems If you share our passion for building a sustainable intelligent and efficient world you re in the right place Established in 2017 and headquartered in Mountain View California we re a series D start-up with teams in Mountain View San Francisco California Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca Romania Paris France Munich Germany London UK Pune India and Sydney Australia So join us and let s build this Aera Technology is an equal opportunity employer Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender perception or identity national origin age marital status protected veteran status or disability status Benefits Summary At Aera Technology we strive to support our Aeranauts and their loved ones through different stages of life with a variety of attractive benefits and great perks In addition to offering a competitive salary and company stock options we have other great benefits available You ll find comprehensive medical Group Medical Insurance Term Insurance Accidental Insurance paid time off Maternity leave and much more We offer unlimited access to online qualified courses for both skilled and personal development coupled with people manager development programs We believe in a flexible working environment to allow our Aeranauts to perform at their best ensuring a healthy work-life balance When you re working from the office you ll also have access to a fully-stocked kitchen with a selection of snacks and beverages