AmazonSenior Software Engineer – Backend, RIVR
Amazon is hiring a Senior Software Engineer – Backend, RIVR in Zurich, Switzerland. Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.
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Senior Backend Engineer building physical AI platform services for autonomous delivery robots at RIVR.
As our next Senior Backend Engineer you will focus on the design, development, and operation of the server-side systems that power our robotics delivery platform. This role involves building robust, scalable microservices and integrations crucial for fleet operations, process integrations, and data processing in a cloud-native environment. You will play a key part in translating complex business requirements into reliable and efficient backend solutions.
Key job responsibilities
Design and implement backend services for integrating RIVR's platform with our customers’ systems, to provide delightful delivery experiences.
Develop and enhance the backend infrastructure for our robot operations platform.
Develop backend components to aggregate Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), providing insights into platform performance and business value.
Contribute to the overall architecture, reliability, and scalability of our backend systems within a containerized microservices context.
Collaborate closely with frontend, robotics, and infrastructure engineers to deliver end-to-end features
Basic qualifications
- 5 years of professional experience designing, building, deploying, and operating backend systems in a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) context.
- Strong experience with Typescript, Java, C++ and/or Python
- Different interaction patterns (e.g. RPC, publish/subscribe, event-driven).
- At least two database technologies
- Demonstrable experience in at least one of the following areas:
- Integrating with complex third-party APIs and building reliable, distributed workflows (e.g., using task queues, state machines).
- Building event-driven applications and/or scalable data processing pipelines (e.g., using Kafka, message queues, serverless functions).
- Willingness to participate in on-call rotations
Preferred qualifications
- Familiarity configuring and operating CI/CD pipelines.
- Background in robotics, IoT, fleet management, or real-time data streaming systems.
- Strong familiarity with observability such as OTLP, Grafana, prometheus, etc preferably in the context of devices with intermittent connectivity
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Senior Software Engineer – Backend, RIVR at Amazon rates 65 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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- Tell me about a project where backend was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where microservices was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where distributed systems was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where robotics was part of your work. What did you do?
- Walk me through how you've used TypeScript in your day-to-day work.
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- Show where AI is part of your daily process, not a one-off project — this role expects it to be a running habit.
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