About the job
About the Team
At Taara, born from X, Google's Moonshot Factory, we are dedicated to connecting billions of individuals who currently lack access to affordable and reliable internet. Our innovative approach utilizes light to deliver faster and more economical connectivity solutions. Join us in our mission to bridge the digital divide and illuminate the future through groundbreaking wireless optical communication and photonics chip technologies.
About the Role
As a Senior Backend Software Engineer, Cloud & Infrastructure, you will serve as the architect of our global network's core operations. While our hardware establishes the connections, your software will oversee and optimize them. You will be responsible for designing and scaling distributed systems, APIs, and cloud-native infrastructures that monitor and control our wireless optical terminals deployed in the field.
We are looking for a versatile candidate who excels in building dependable and scalable backend systems. You should be comfortable developing high-performance Go services, architecting extensive data pipelines for telemetry, and automating cloud infrastructures.
Your Impact:
Scale the Control Plane: Design and implement a cloud-native backend that manages thousands of optical terminals across the globe.
Architect Telemetry Pipelines: Create robust data ingestion and processing systems to handle real-time performance metrics from our optical terminals.
Bridge Edge and Cloud: Collaborate with hardware engineers to establish secure and efficient communication between our devices and the cloud.
Automate Everything: Spearhead our Infrastructure as Code (IaC) strategy to ensure resilient and reproducible global deployments.
Drive Observability: Develop monitoring tools and dashboards to empower our Network Operations Center (NOC) to troubleshoot complex optical links swiftly.

