Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Arlo Technologies, Inc. is dedicated to creating innovative and reliable security solutions. They are seeking a Staff Engineer to lead the architecture and modernization of their Java-based cloud platform, ensuring scalability and high performance while driving best engineering practices.
Responsibilities
- Define and evolve scalable, high-availability distributed system architecture
- Lead modernization of microservices and modular Java platforms
- Establish technical roadmaps aligned with product and business priorities
- Develop high-performance backend services using Java and Spring Boot
- Optimize systems for scalability, low latency, and reliability under heavy load
- Strengthen CI/CD, containerization, and deployment automation practices
- Drive best practices in observability, security, and system reliability
- Architect and operate cloud-native systems on AWS (EKS, Lambda, DynamoDB, Aurora, S3, etc.)
- Design and optimize SQL and NoSQL data models for performance and scale
- Leverage AI tools (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, etc.) to accelerate design, refactoring, testing, and modernization while ensuring enterprise-grade quality and security standards
- Influence technical direction across teams
- Partner with Product, DevOps, SRE, and Security to align engineering initiatives with business goals
Skills
- 10+ years of backend engineering experience, primarily in Java
- Strong expertise in Spring Boot and distributed systems architecture
- Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines
- Advanced experience with SQL and DynamoDB
- Experience operating high-throughput systems (1M+ requests/min)
- Real-time or event-driven systems expertise (MQTT, streaming)
- Strong understanding of observability, distributed tracing, and performance tuning
- Solid knowledge of OAuth2/OIDC and security best practices
- Demonstrated cross-team technical leadership and mentorship capability
- Proven experience building and operating large-scale production systems on AWS (7+ years preferred)
- IoT or event-driven domain experience preferred
Benefits
- Bonus
- Equity
- Full range of benefits
Company Overview
We are a passionate and diverse group of thought leaders, creators, and developers across all disciplines dedicated to changing how people protect and connect with the people and things they love. It was founded in 2018, and is headquartered in Carlsbad, California, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is https://www.arlo.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Arlo Technologies, Inc. has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 16 in 2025, 15 in 2024, 9 in 2023, 8 in 2022, 19 in 2021, 6 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.