Staff Software Engineer (Typescript) - US Based Remote

Torus is a company headquartered in Utah focused on building resilient energy infrastructure. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer with backend expertise to evolve their platform, design robust systems, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation in renewable energy technology.

Responsibilities:

• Evolve platform architecture for distributed, cloud-native systems in serverless AWS environments
• Partner with the Lead Architect and engineering leads to drive technical strategy and decisions across multiple teams
• Design scalable backend systems, APIs, microservices, and data models that support customer-facing applications and internal tools
• Lead design reviews, architecture sessions, and cross-domain planning initiatives
• Identify and address systemic technical debt and architectural gaps proactively
• Champion engineering standards, best practices, and patterns for the organization
• Collaborate on defining AI strategy and embedding intelligence into the Torus platform: recommendation engines, dynamic controls, decisioning, and support automation
• Build performant, secure, and maintainable backend systems using TypeScript
• Implement cloud-native solutions leveraging AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, IoT Core, Step Functions, and CDK
• Create RESTful APIs, event-driven workflows, and orchestration layers for hardware-software integration
• Collaborate with front-end engineers on modern web applications (React.js, TypeScript)
• Design and implement intelligent automation and decisioning systems where appropriate
• Build developer-facing SDKs, service contracts, and internal APIs
• Ensure observability, error handling, and reliability across distributed microservices architecture
• Implement comprehensive testing strategies and CI/CD pipelines for continuous delivery
• Design for security, authentication, authorization, and compliance from the ground up
• Establish monitoring, telemetry, and operational excellence practices
• Partner with Product and Design to translate user needs into technical solutions
• Work with Firmware and IoT teams on distributed coordination across hardware, cloud, and edge
• Interface directly with stakeholders and customers to drive real-world impact
• Mentor engineers and elevate technical capabilities across the organization
• Lead technical initiatives spanning multiple teams and disciplines

Requirements:

• Expert-level proficiency in modern backend development with TypeScript
• Deep experience designing and building serverless, event-driven architectures on AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, IoT Core, Step Functions, CDK)
• Proven track record building scalable APIs, data pipelines, and distributed systems at scale
• Strong hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker), infrastructure as code, and observability tooling (Datadog, etc.)
• Production experience with modern AI/ML systems examples include AWS Bedrock, agentic workflows (LangChain/LangGraph), and tool integrations (Model Context Protocol)
• Deep understanding of security, authentication, authorization, and compliance considerations
• Demonstrated ability building developer-facing SDKs, service contracts, and platform APIs
• 8+ years in software development, including 3–4+ years in staff, principal, or architecture leadership roles
• Proven experience driving large-scale technical projects and influencing technical direction across multiple teams
• Strong mentorship abilities with a track record of elevating engineering talent
• Complete lifecycle ownership: From prototyping and architecture through deployment, operations, and long-term support
• History of identifying and addressing architectural gaps before they become critical issues
• Exceptional communication skills—able to translate complex technical concepts for both technical and business audiences
• High ownership mentality: Takes responsibility for outcomes, not just deliverables
• Comfortable with ambiguity and fast-paced startup environments requiring independent decision-making
• Systems thinking: Ability to navigate complex systems and think at both architectural and implementation levels
• Technical curiosity: Constantly exploring new technologies, patterns, and approaches to improve systems and processes