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Senior/Principal Backend & Platform Software Engineer

BRINC DronesSeattle, Washington, United StatesOnsite
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About BRINC: 


At BRINC, we are redefining public safety with an innovative ecosystem of life-saving tools. Our journey started with the development of drones and ruggedized throw phones, designed to access unsafe areas and establish communication to de-escalate situations. Today, we've expanded into creating and deploying 911 response networks, where drones are dispatched to 911 calls to provide real-time visual data, enhancing safety and enabling de-escalation-focused responses. Our cutting-edge solutions are utilized by over 500 public safety agencies across America.

At BRINC, we are committed to recruiting the world's best talent to join us in our mission to support first responders in saving lives. We are currently seeking skilled embedded software engineers to develop flight-critical firmware, with a focus on advanced drone pilot assistance features.

About this Role:


In addition to launching more advanced drones, we're also expanding our software ecosystem into realtime monitoring and fleet management, and we recently shipped the first version of our first web app: LiveOps.  This app gives drone operators and first response teams access to real-time live-streaming drone data such as visual and thermal video feeds, 3D map data via point clouds, and a myriad of drone telemetry – it’s essentially a web-based drone fleet management software. But our vision isn’t just fleet management; LiveOps represents a critical part of BRINC’s transition from a company that just sells drones to a company that sells entire drone programs: we want to build out the entire drone ecosystem (both hardware and software) for our customers.

It’s an ambitious goal, but it’s one that we feel confident about – we’ve got a lot of interest from customers in what we’ve built so far, and we are seeking a backend/platform engineer to join our engineering team and contribute to the development of the real-time platform and infrastructure that powers our web app.

Key Responsibilities:



  • Own the scalable backend platform that supports our worldwide real-time services

  • Ensure our platform is secure, reliable, and performant

  • Build our platform infrastructure and tooling

  • Rapidly prototype new project ideas for customers and internal stakeholders

  • Work with cross-functional hardware and autonomy teams to solve challenges like streaming and displaying live drone data for non-technical users in a variety of formats

Qualifications:



  • A Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in computer science or a related field and 6+ years of experience shipping high-quality code and building robust infrastructure

  • Experience building backend platforms, from the infrastructure up to the API layer (bonus if you’ve built real-time data platforms, scalable microservice architectures, and dealing with security & encryption requirements)

  • Experience with modern cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc) and are comfortable switching between software engineering and Cloud DevOps

  • Familiarity with serverless architecture, and understand the tradeoffs between performance and cost when running servers at scale

  • Excellent attention to detail, especially around scalability, performance, and security

  • You take a creative approach to problem-solving and have exceptional analytical skills

  • You thrive in a dynamic environment with changing needs and requirements

  • You want to work independently and in a small team, take initiative, and communicate effectively across the organization

  • Ability to pass fingerprint-based background check.

Projects you may work on:



  • Streaming various types of data from drones to web and mobile devices

  • Scaling our backend architecture to support massive fleets of drones

  • Integrating with third-party APIs, such as Live911 and Twilio, to augment our web application with versatile external features and services

  • Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, developer tools, and test infrastructure

BRINC Culture Values:



  • Try the hard stuff

  • Be innovative - Invent the future

  • Move fast

  • Listen to end-users

  • Strive for excellence

  • Don’t build a dystopia 

  • Be frugal

  • Save lives through technology

If you’re interested in this role and in joining BRINC, we hope you’ll apply.  We’d love to review your application and get to know more about you!BRINC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer dedicated to fostering an environment that prioritizes safety, diversity, inclusion, and equity. We are committed to hiring the best talent regardless of race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.

We empower every employee to do their best work. If you have a disability or special need, please inform our recruiting team—we strive to provide appropriate accommodations and assistance.Benefits and perks listed below may vary based on the nature of your employment with BRINC and/or the country within which you work


  • Comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans for our employees and their families

  • 401K plan

  • Maternity and paternity leave

  • Paid time off

  • Flexible work environment

  • Orca pass (for those in Puget Sound)

  • Free parking (Seattle office)

  • Free snacks, drinks and espresso (Seattle office)

Salary: $95,000/yr - $225,000/yr. Should you receive an offer, please expect that it can fall anywhere within this range.  A multitude of factors will determine a fair salary based on scope of role within the organization, years of relevant experience, specific skills, and evaluation of capability to execute in role successfully (among other critical factors).Compensation listed below may also be included in an offer.  This will be based on the nature of your employment with Brinc and/or the country within which you work


  • Equity (stock options)

  • Relocation bonus

Compensation:USD 95000-225000

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Life at BRINC Drones

Thrive Here & What We Value1. Try the Hard Stuff2. Be Innovative - Invent the Future3. Move Fast4. Listen to End Users5. Equal Opportunity Employer6. Positive Work Environment (Safety, Diversity, Inclusion, Equity)7. Comprehensive Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision Plans; 401K; Maternity/Paternity Leave; Paid Time Off)8. Save Lives through Technology9. Flexible Work Arrangements (Remote Work Options)10. Support for Continuous Learning and Professional Development
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