Backend Infrastructure Engineer
San Francisco, CA
About Us
Conduit is building the FactoryOS that will allow manufacturers to scale production ready automation solutions in minutes, not months. With a suite of powerful applications, we allow manufacturers to automate faster and smarter by interoperably coordinating every robot, machine, and system on one platform. At Conduit, our mission is to give every American manufacturer the power to automate their factories at hyperspeed.
We’re already deployed in production at top manufacturers and growing fast. Backed by leading investors, and built by a team that moves at light speed with deep conviction in American industrial dominance.
The Role
You’ll architect the systems that orchestrate automation in real time, handle high-frequency data from robots and PLCs, and power the APIs that define how factories think. This is a chance to help design the core logic of a platform already running in production at leading manufacturers — and to shape how industrial automation will work for the next century.
What You’ll Do:
Build the nervous system of automation. Develop foundational backend modules for the FactoryOS — from API orchestration to device management, telemetry ingestion, and control systems.
Migrate and modernize. Lead the transition of our Python microservices from AWS to Kubernetes, implementing GitOps workflows and ArgoCD for CI/CD.
Stream and synchronize. Implement robust data streaming infrastructure (Kafka, ZeroMQ, or ROS) to handle high-frequency industrial telemetry across edge and cloud environments.
Design for scale and resilience. Build APIs and backend services that can handle thousands of devices, users, and data streams with low latency and high reliability.
Collaborate across the stack. Work closely with frontend, robotics, and data teams to define how factory devices communicate, integrate, and evolve.
Shape the architecture. As one of the earliest backend engineers, your design decisions will become the foundation for every future service in the platform.
You Bring
Strong Python backend development skills, with experience designing and scaling API-driven systems.
Hands-on experience with cloud-to-on-prem migrations using Kubernetes (or a deep desire to learn and own it end-to-end).
Understanding of GitOps principles and modern CI/CD workflows.
Curiosity about real-world systems — you care how data moves from a robot sensor to a dashboard, and you want to make that movement instant and reliable.
Bonus Points
Experience with high-frequency data streaming (Kafka, ZeroMQ, RabbitMQ, or ROS).
Multi-cloud experience across AWS, GCP, or Azure.
Background in manufacturing, robotics, or industrial IoT systems.
Experience in manufacturing environments
What We Offer
Top tier pay and equity: We want to make it easy to be a Conduit
Generational opportunity. Be early at a company defining the software layer for industrial automation.
American re-industrialization is happening. We’re building the platform to make it real — faster.
Zero bureaucracy. High impact. You’ll be on the front lines, solving real problems for real factories.
You will level up. You’ll work directly with the founder and exec team.
Interested candidates should email their resume to danny@conduit.inc
Conduit is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates.