Senior Software Engineer

About Us

At Hayden AI, we are on a mission to harness the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning to transform the way governments and businesses address real-world challenges.

From optimizing bus lane and bus stop enforcement to pioneering digital twin modeling and beyond, our innovative mobile perception system empowers our clients to accelerate transit, enhance street safety, and drive forward a sustainable future.

What the job involves

The Infrastructure Engineering team is crucial to the overall success of Hayden products: We own all the underlying fabric that connects thousands of devices deployed in the field with large scale cloud services and applications that interact with the data we collect from those devices. But that is not where the story ends, we are also responsible for the developer experience of every Hayden software engineer. If you are a true force multiplier, you will feel right at home in our team!

Responsibilities:

• Define, build, and operate the next generation of the backbone for our services architecture that is in use by all cloud services and all software engineers.

• Build and operate our CI/CD system for physical devices and cloud services. 

• Use infrastructure as code to operate multi-region AWS deployment at scale.

• Practice and enforce best DevOPS, SRE, and Security practices across the whole engineering team. 

• Work cross-functionally to gather requirements, build consensus on approaches, and develop appropriate technical solutions.

• Model best practices in the team, and raise the bar on incident prevention, response, and remediation.

Requirements:

• 6+ years of industry experience. 

• Deep knowledge of Amazon’s AWS ecosystem at scale, including but not limited to EKS, S3, SQS, RDS, Cognito, Lambda, etc. 

• Strong understanding of best practices in the areas of Networking, Security, Distributed Compute, Storage, Observability, and Continuous Deployment.  

• Strong knowledge of infrastructure as a code tooling, such as Terraform. 

• Ability to analyze trade offs of different solutions, and make effective decisions on build vs. buy. Active participation in the open source community for the former, and vendor relationship management for the latter. 

• Proven problem-solving skills; ability to take ownership of issues and driving towards resolution effectively.

• Being comfortable in an agile, fast-paced environment; ability to organize chaos and leave things cleaner than you found them.

Benefits and Perks

There are endless learning and development opportunities from a highly diverse and talented peer group, including experts in a wide range of fields (AI, Computer Vision, Government Contracting, Systems & Device Engineering, Operations, Communications, and more!)

• Options for medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents (for US employees)

• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DCFSA)

• 401(k) with 3% company matching

• Unlimited PTO

• Daily catered lunches in our San Francisco office

At Hayden AI, we are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone is treated with respect and dignity. We believe that our differences make us stronger and drive innovation. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We are dedicated to fostering a work environment that celebrates diversity and ensures that every individual has the opportunity to contribute to our mission and achieve their full potential. 

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