Principal Backend/Platform Engineer

Responsibilities

• Own the cloud platform architecture end-to-end, including design, scalability, and reliability
• Design and implement low-latency real-time detection pipelines
• Build and maintain data ingestion and processing systems ensuring high data quality
• Develop admin and control-plane backends, including internal tooling and customer-facing APIs
• Design and enforce privacy-first systems to ensure secure data processing
• Own platform infrastructure, including Azure cloud architecture, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code
• Establish observability, reliability standards, and system health monitoring
• Design and enforce end-to-end security, including platform hardening and supply chain security

Requirements

• Strong experience designing distributed backend systems
• Deep familiarity with cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure
• Experience with databases such as PostgreSQL and Redis
• Experience building data pipelines or real-time processing systems
• Strong understanding of security and privacy in system design
• Ability to own architecture end-to-end with minimal oversight
• European residence required

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in cybersecurity or privacy-sensitive products
• Familiarity with ML/AI systems
• Experience designing multi-tenant SaaS platforms
• Exposure to streaming systems or event-driven architectures

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with benefits, paid vacation, and sick leave
• Ultra-flexible working conditions and office equipment allowance
• Remote-first culture with flexible working hours

About the Company

Janea Systems is a dynamic team of software engineering specialists providing high-impact development services to Fortune 500 companies, ranging from kernel to cloud.