Cloud Backend Engineer

Duties
Vision Point Systems is recruiting for a Cloud Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain backend services, APIs, and cloud infrastructure that power corrosion analysis and lab applications, ensuring reliability, scalability, and secure integrations. Duties include but are not limited to:

• Design and implement backend services and APIs for web and desktop application
• Own job orchestration and workflows:
• Long-running analysis jobs
• Queuing, scheduling, status tracking

Ensure system reliability, performance, and security:

• Robust error handling and logging
• Performance optimizing and scalability planning
• Secure handling of files, models

Integrate With External Services And Tools

• Analysis microservices (dockerized workflows)
• simulation/solver tools
• Authentication systems

Collaborate with frontend developers and data/ML teams:

• Define API contracts
• Support new features
• Improve developer experience and internal tools

Requirements

• Programming skills (Python and/or )
• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related degree from an accredited college or university.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a clearance. Requires US Citizenship.
• Must demonstrate high levels of written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be able to influence and communicate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Must be able to think outside the box and identify solutions in a fast paced R&D environment.
• Must be able to work independently and with a team.
• 1+ year of applicable experience. (Experience with Cloud platforms and architecture; microservices connections; full cloud web application development)

Desired

• Experience with AI/ML is desired.
• Experience with corrosion research.
• Experience working with CAD metadata and unstructured data.
• Programming skills (C#/.NET)

Benefits
Full time employees with Vision Point Systems qualify for a generous benefits plan to include medical, dental, 1x your salary in life insurance, and short and long term disability. VPS also offers 401k participation and matching.

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.