Staff Engineer, Cloud Platform

Cobalt Streamworks harnesses the power of Computer Vision and Edge Computing to revolutionize the modern-day transportation ecosystem. We are a leader in fleet safety solutions. With growth exceeding 4x year over year, our solution is quickly being recognized as a significant disruptive technology. Our team is growing, and we need forward-thinking, uncompromising, competitive team members to continue to facilitate our growth. About Us At Cobalt Streamworks, our team is committed to delivering solutions to our customers that advance their market leadership. Our focus is to continuously drive innovation while delivering meaningful, actionable data. The Cobalt Streamworks Driveri® Vision-Based Driver Recognition Safety Program significantly advances the technology category through the application of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Edge Computing. The foundations of Driveri® are equally focused on providing comprehensive performance insights, highlighting positive activity, and significantly reducing the resources needed to address risk. Cobalt Streamworks draws from a diverse team of innovators, technologists, and customer advocates to create an experience where customer success continues to motivate what is next. Supported and funded by our investors, Softbank, M12, Hyundai Cradle, Point72 Ventures, Microsoft and Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings; Cobalt Streamworks is committed to building a world-class team of technologists and industry experts to deliver products that improve safety, increase productivity, and optimize collaboration within the organizations. With growth exceeding 3x year over year, our solution is quickly being recognized as a significant disruptive technology – that has put ‘legacy’ providers in a “spin” cycle trying to catch up. Our team is growing, and we need forward-thinking, uncompromising, competitive team members to continue to facilitate our growth. Position Summary We are building a new Physical AI product line at Cobalt Streamworks — a vision-based platform that monitors activity across physical environments and surfaces safety risks in real time. This is founding-team work. You will own the cloud platform that aggregates data from edge devices and powers the safety dashboard and agent layer. You will design the data and services backbone, make pragmatic technology choices, and own entire subsystems end-to-end. You move quickly by leveraging managed services and Cobalt Streamworks’s existing platform capabilities where they fit, and focus your build effort where it differentiates the product. Essential Functions Cloud ingestion and storage — Real-time event streaming, time-series and event storage, and the data model for safety events and metrics. Platform APIs — The services that power the safety dashboard and the agent layer. Multi-tenancy and access control — Multiple customers, multiple sites per customer, role-based access control. Identity — Authentication, SSO, and access management, built on managed identity services or Cobalt Streamworks’s existing identity platform. Agent layer — The configuration and orchestration layer that makes setup easy and powers agentic workflows over safety data, built on managed agent-orchestration services or internal Cobalt Streamworks modules. Infrastructure and DevOps — AWS, containerized deployments, CI/CD, and monitoring across the edge and cloud stack, building on existing internal tooling where it fits. Qualifications 7+ years of software engineering experience with depth in backend systems, infrastructure, or distributed systems. Strong infrastructure skills: AWS, containerized deployments, CI/CD, monitoring. Experience with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and time-series data. Experience designing multi-tenant systems with role-based access control. Sound judgment on when to adopt managed services or existing platforms versus build in-house. Comfortable making foundational architectural decisions when requirements are still evolving. Proficiency in at least one modern, widely-used programming language (e.g. Go, Python, Java, or TypeScript). Fluent with AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) as part of your day-to-day workflow. Nice to have: experience with agent orchestration or workflow engines (e.g. Temporal); managed identity platforms (WorkOS, Auth0, Clerk); data pipelines at scale (Spark/PySpark, time-series); high-volume IoT or sensor data. Education Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field. Hybrid Work Schedule We believe in the value of in-person collaboration while maintaining flexibility. Team members work from the office on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday , with remote work on Tuesday and Friday . Why This Role Cobalt Streamworks has analyzed over 25 billion miles of driving data and built one of the most accurate edge AI systems in commercial transportation. We are applying that capability to a new Physical AI product line — new vertical, greenfield architecture, founding team. You will own the cloud platform the entire product runs on, with the resources and internal infrastructure of an established AI company behind you. Compensation Package_Perks of being a Cobalt Streamworks employee: Competitive Salary + eligibility for yearly bonus. Company equity Company Paid Health Care, Dental, and Vision Coverage for you and most of your dependents Generous PTO and Sick Leave 401(K) with generous company match Disability, Life Insurance and Ancillary Benefits And much more! San Diego Pay Range $140,000 — $190,000 USD We are committed to an inclusive and diverse team. Cobalt Streamworks is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any legally protected status. If there is a match between your experiences/skills and the Company's needs, we will contact you directly. Cobalt Streamworks is an equal-opportunity employer. Applicants only - Recruiting agencies do not contact. Recruitment Fraud Alert! There has been an increase in fraud that targets job seekers. Scammers may present themselves to job seekers as Cobalt Streamworks employees or recruiters. Please be aware that Cobalt Streamworks does not request sensitive personal data from applicants via text/instant message or any unsecured method; does not promise any advance payment for work equipment set-up and does not use recruitment or job-sourcing agencies that charge candidates an advance fee of any kind. Official communication about your application will only come from emails ending in ‘@netradyne.com’ or ‘@us-greenhouse-mail.io’. Please review and apply to our available job openings at Cobalt Streamworks.com/company/careers. For more information on avoiding and reporting scams, please visit the Federal Trade Commission's job scams website .