About Sauron Meet your home operating system. Home security should reinforce your peace of mind. You deserve a sanctuary, one that gives you the freedom to live your life with the people that matter most. That’s why we created something entirely new. Sauron is an autonomous platform for the perimeter of your home. It works discreetly in the background to reliably identify potential threats in all environmental conditions and it instantly recognizes who’s part of your inner circle. We provide a bespoke white-glove service, ensuring that each client’s security platform is installed with precision and care, swiftly and without disrupting the comfort or aesthetics of their home. To complement the technology, Sauron leverages its Intelligent Response and Intrusion Suppression (IRIS) Command Center, staffed 24/7 by exceptionally trained agents with diverse backgrounds in law enforcement, military service, executive protection, and other critical security fields. The team builds relationships with local police departments to ensure a rapid police response to verified security incidents.

About The Role Sauron Industries is looking to create a new modality for homeowners to interact with their properties and security systems, based on a 3D model of the home in a beautiful app for iPad and iPhone. We are looking for a highly skilled, thoughtful, and collaborative Backend Engineer to help design, develop and deliver this innovative technology to a wide user base. We are looking for someone who is creative, detail-oriented, and cares deeply about the user experience. The ideal candidate is strategic about building for the long run, and enjoys the process of collaborating with teammates to architect reliable, scalable and maintainable applications. You’ll solve challenging problems and provide input into both product roadmaps and development approaches.

What You’ll Do

• Designing and developing performant and scalable backend systems and databases
• Developing systems that are accessible from different geolocations/regions
• Building security-first systems for mass consumption
• Working closely with designers and AI engineers to continuously improve the user experience
• Conducting thorough testing to identify and resolve issues before deployment

What You’ll Bring Your Background Includes

• BS Computer Science + 3 years of industry experience or MS Computer Science + 3 year of industry experience or equivalent combination of education and trainings
• Experience working on scalable architecture which can handle high volumes of data built using our cloud-based platform
• Experience in domain driven design, and RESTful Services using languages Python
• Experience with both relational like MySQL and non-relational databases such as DynamoDB
• Must have experience with AWS Lambda, RDS, EC2, API Gateway, AWS Cognito, EKS and other AWS Services
• Exposure to GraphQL API implementations
• Used technologies like S3 to store user generated content
• Fluency in use of Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines
• Experience in protocols like WebSocket
• Excellent ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with designers, product owners, and engineers in other domains. Nice to Have (familiarity with/desire to learn)
• Experience with 3D graphics libraries/frameworks (e.g., Unity, Unreal Engine, OpenGL, Metal).
• Familiarity with end-to-end testing frameworks.
• CI/CD systems
• Knowledge of AWS Kinesis or similar video streaming services
• Deeper understanding of CDNs