Hybrid Senior Software Engineer – Backend Microservices, Rust

at Fortanix

• Job title: Senior Software Engineer – Backend Microservices, Rust
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $155,000 - $220,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Azure, Cassandra, Cloud, Distributed Systems, Docker, Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Linux, Microservices, MongoDB, NoSQL, Rust, Tensorflow, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Santa Clara, United States

About the role

• Senior Software Engineer designing and building microservices for secure Generative AI platform at Fortanix. Collaborating with data science and ML Infrastructure teams for enhanced performance.

Responsibilities

• Designing and building microservices for our secure Generative AI platform.
• Working closely with the data science team to enhance LLM (Large Language Model) performance through data engineering.
• Working directly with the ML Infrastructure and Platform teams to identify opportunities to further improve and optimize the tools and solutions.
• Applying best practices for security, performance, and reliability.

Requirements

• At least 5+ years of professional experience as a software engineer
• At least 3-5 years of hands on experience in Rust (preferred), C/C++, or Go.
• Strong experience in backend development, microservices and building distributed systems.
• Experience working with secure enclaves, confidential computing or Trusted Execution Environments (for example: Intel SGX, Intel TDX, AMD-SEV, Nitro Enclaves, etc).
• Familiarity with CI/CD and deployment infrastructure.
• Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS/GCP/Azure.
• Hands on experience with container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Has hands-on experience working with NoSQL databases such as Cassandra, MongoDB etc.
• Proven experience with Linux system programming, builds and deployment.
• A bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent training or work experience.
• Experience in Generative AI (Large Language Models, Multi-Modal, Large Vision Models) is nice to have.
• Experience with machine learning algorithms and tools (e.g., TensorFlow), artificial intelligence, deep learning, natural language processing or other ML discipline is nice to have.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Benefits

• We offer a collaborative work environment, amazing equity, great benefits, competitive salary, and the opportunity to redefine cloud computing.
• Unlimited PTO (it’s between you and your work!)
• 40 hours of Volunteer Time Off/year
• Internet stipend
• Friendly culture that brings the best out of everybody
• 401k
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Retirement Savings, Wellness Program, Short-and Long-Term Disability, Holidays, and more.