Senior Backend Platform Engineer GCP, Cloud, NodeJS

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What we need
We are looking for a Senior Backend Platform Engineer to join our Cloud Tool and Application Team within our Software Engineering organization. Your job will be to design, build, and operate secure, scalable backend services, cloud platforms, and operational tooling that support warehouse automation, digital twin systems, simulation environments, and robotics operations. You will work closely with cross-functional engineering teams to deliver reliable cloud infrastructure and backend systems that power Symbotic's next-generation automation platform.
What we do
The Cloud Tool and Application Team is part of the Software Engineering organization, which is responsible for building the software platforms, tools, and services that power Symbotic's industry-leading warehouse automation solutions. Our team develops cloud-native applications, monitoring platforms, digital twin technologies, simulation systems, and operational tools that enable real-time visibility, diagnostics, fleet management, and business-critical engineering workflows across our robotics ecosystem.
What you'll do
Design, develop, and operate secure, scalable backend services, APIs, and cloud applications that support our cloud-based digital twin and simulation systems.
Implement backend APIs, data services, and real-time processing pipelines to ingest, process, and serve robotics, simulation, and operational data from multiple sources.
Build and maintain event-driven and job-oriented backend workflows using technologies such as Google Pub/Sub, Redis, WebSockets, and queue-based processing systems.
Support simulation orchestration and cloud execution platforms running on Google Cloud services such as Cloud Batch, GKE, Cloud Run, and Cloud Storage.
Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure, including compute, storage, networking, deployment pipelines, monitoring, logging, and security configurations.
Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Google Cloud Build, and container-based deployment workflows to improve deployment reliability, development velocity, environment consistency, and production readiness.
Implement infrastructure-as-code practices using Terraform and related automation to support repeatable, auditable, and scalable cloud operations.
Monitor system health, performance, reliability, cost, and security posture; proactively identify risks and implement improvements.
Collaborate with software engineers, robotics engineers, data engineers, QA engineers, data scientists, and product stakeholders to ensure backend and cloud systems meet business and technical requirements.
Support the deployment and operation of simulation and digital twin workloads across development, staging, and production environments.
Maintain comprehensive documentation for backend services, cloud architecture, deployment processes, operational runbooks, and system configurations.
Stay up to date with modern cloud, DevOps, backend, security, observability, and data infrastructure technologies.
Support AI-powered, data-driven, and agentic enterprise workflows by designing and maintaining reliable backend services, cloud infrastructure, and integration platforms.
Perform other related duties as reasonably assigned by the direct manager or the Employer.
Our Benefits
Comprehensive Health & Insurance: Social insurance, annual health checkups, full insurance coverage during probation, and private health insurance extending to up to 3 family members.
Competitive Compensation: 13th-month salary and performance-driven team perks.
Work-Life Balance & Flexibility: 15 days of paid annual leave, flexible check-in hours, and 1 remote working day per week.
Workplace & Equipment: High-spec work laptop, premium coffee, and daily snacks provided.
Team Culture: Company trips, weekly team bonding activities, and regular social events.