Full Stack Engineer - Cloud & On Premise

Summary Description:

Syntiant Corp., a leader in the high-growth AI software and semiconductor solutions space, is looking for an experienced and talented Full Stack Engineer.

The Full Stack Engineer will play a crucial role in maintaining and enhancing our cloud-based applications, specifically those deployed on AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), as well as our applications deployed on customer systems. The ideal candidate will have experience with cloud infrastructure, containerization, and DevOps practices, as well as the ability to work on both on-premises and cloud environments. This position will require occasional travel to customer sites.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and optimize RESTful APIs using Python and FastAPI.
• Deploy and manage applications on AWS EKS, ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance.
• Integrate with various data sources and services (e.g., MongoDB, Postgres) for efficient data storage and retrieval.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines to automate testing and deployment processes.
• Collaborate with the DevOps team to ensure seamless integration of cloud-native tools and practices.
• Work with customers to deploy Syntiant software onto customer compute systems and networks, including private cloud environments.
• Maintain on-premises servers running Ceph, PostgreSQL, and NFS services.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across different environments (development, staging, production).
• Participate in code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing sessions.
• Coordinate and collaborate with Syntiant cyber security staff.

Qualifications, Education, and Experience Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Proficiency in Python, with experience in API development.
• Hands-on experience with AWS EKS, including deploying, scaling, and managing Kubernetes clusters.
• Knowledge of containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with cloud infrastructure services such as S3, RDS, and VPCs.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools like GitLab CI/CD or Jenkins.
• Strong understanding of database systems, including MongoDB, PostgreSQL and MySQL
• Experience with on-premises storage solutions like Ceph and NFS.
• Expertise in Linux system administration.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable code and perform thorough testing.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a strong attention to detail.
• Eligibility for U.S. security clearance (U.S. Citizenship required). Active security clearance is preferred.
• Experience with cloud-native observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana) is a plus.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes operators and Helm charts is a plus.
• Knowledge of container orchestration on-premises using Kubernetes or similar technologies is a plus.
• Experience with DevOps best practices and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible) is a plus.

Benefits Summary:

• Medical: Several plan options including PPO and HSA-compatible plans from Anthem Blue Cross, most of which are 100% paid by Syntiant Corp. for you and your family. 
• Dental: Company-paid dental PPO coverage from MetLife, including coverage for Orthodontia. 
• Vision: Company-paid vision PPO coverage from MetLife / VSP. 
• Life Insurance / AD&D: Company-paid basic Life / AD&D coverage in the amount of 3x your salary (up to $1,000,000). Additional supplemental life insurance with low group rates is available for yourself and your family. 
• Disability Coverage: Company-paid Short Term and Long-Term Disability coverage provides up to 60% income replacement protection. 
• Spending and Savings Accounts: Flexible Spending Account (FSA) benefits for Health Care and Dependent Care. Health Savings Accounts (HSA) for those enrolled in a qualified Medical plan. 
• 401K Retirement Plan: Administered by Empower, the 401(k) plan allows you to plan for your future by investing a portion of each paycheck. 
• Other Benefits: A company-provided Employee Assistance Program (EAP), as well as access to additional voluntary benefits including Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Legal Support, and Identity Fraud Protection.

About Syntiant:

Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Irvine, Calif., Syntiant Corp. is a leader in delivering hardware and software solutions for edge AI deployment. The company’s purpose-built silicon and hardware-agnostic models are being deployed globally to power edge AI speech, audio, sensor and vision applications across a wide range of consumer and industrial use cases, from earbuds to automobiles. Syntiant’s advanced chip solutions merge deep learning with semiconductor design to produce ultra-low-power, high performance, deep neural network processors. Syntiant also provides compute-efficient software solutions with proprietary model architectures that enable world-leading inference speed and minimized memory footprint across a broad range of processors. The company is backed by several of the world’s leading strategic and financial investors including Intel Capital, Microsoft’s M12, Applied Ventures, Bosch Ventures, the Amazon Alexa Fund, and Atlantic Bridge Capital. More information on the company can be found by visiting www.syntiant.com.

One element in our total compensation package is base pay. One element in our total compensation package is base pay. The starting base pay for this role is targeted to be between $135,000 - $175,000. Individual compensation decisions are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to previous experience and skills acquired prior to joining Syntiant, cost of living in the assigned work location, assigned schedule, and salaries of similarly situated peers at the company. It is to be expected that candidates will come to us with different sets of skills and experiences and therefore will be paid at different points in the stated range. We recognize that the person(s) we select for hire may be less experienced or more experienced than the role as posted; if this is the case, any updates to available salary ranges will be communicated with candidates during the recruitment process.